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JOSEPH FRANK SPINNICCHIA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – April 10, 1969
Service recordJoseph Frank Spinnicchia, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 52
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · April 10, 1969
- EDWIN HOLLAND PUMPHREYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JACKIE LEE RATCLIFFCorporal · April 10, 1969
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 47
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 50
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 52
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.