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JAMES CARL SPINUZZI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1940 – January 24, 1966
Service recordJames Carl Spinuzzi, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 85
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- DOYLE ROBERT SPRICKMajor · January 24, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY WALLSPrivate · January 24, 1966
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 1966
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.