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JAMES LOSPINUSO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1940 – January 10, 1972
Service recordJames Lospinuso, of Laurel, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 96
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Laurel, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1972
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1972; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 96
- JOHN DAVID EDDYWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1972
- LEONARD HAYES MANTOOTH JRSergeant · January 11, 1972
- GARY WAYNE TAWNEYSpecialist Five · January 11, 1972
- ROBERT WAYNE VEHLINGCaptain · January 11, 1972
From Laurel
- JAMES BRUCE OKANELance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN ROSS SHERMANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CHASELance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- FRANCIS GARFIELD GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- ALVAH WORRELL HENSON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
- SAMUEL LOUIS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · July 5, 1969
- LEONARD MORGANSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 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.