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JUSTIN RICHARD SPISTO
Captain · U.S. Army
July 23, 1941 – March 4, 1970
Service recordJustin Richard Spisto, of Patchogue, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 83
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Patchogue, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 83
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · March 4, 1970
- JOE NATHANIEL TUCKERSergeant · March 4, 1970
- BRIAN LYLE WILSONCorporal · March 4, 1970
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
From Patchogue
- CARMINE ANTHONY CERVELLINOSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- RICHARD DAVID KALERLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- RAYMOND SENTER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1967
- FRANK CLARK FISHERCorporal · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- FRANK MICHAEL PERRY JRCorporal · May 31, 1970
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1971
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.