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FRED CONCETTO SPINA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordFred Concetto Spina, of Woodbury, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodbury, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 31
- THOMAS WILLIAM STEELEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- AKOS DEZSO SZEKELYCaptain · September 11, 1968
- EUGENE COSTELLA TIBBSStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- JIMMIE WALKER YOUNGSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
From Woodbury
- ROBERT PHILIP CATLINGSpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- DONALD FRANCIS MCDOWELLPetty Officer Second Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTTSergeant · August 9, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.