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MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – November 2, 1969
Service recordMichael Dennis Camerlengo, of Arlington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Arlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 17
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · November 2, 1969
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · November 2, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GILLESPIECorporal · November 2, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND MANEMANNCorporal · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL CURTISPrivate · Panel 16W, Line 17
- LEWIS BERNARD GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 17
- GARY EUGENE GRUBBSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- WESLEY HOMER HARRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 18
- HULUS EDGAR KEY JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 19
- DAVID MICHAEL LIVINGSTONEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 19
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 21
- MICHAEL ROBERT NORTONSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 23
From Arlington
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · November 13, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER DAREING BRINEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- GLENN EDWARD HOBART IIISergeant · January 7, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES TEDFORDSpecialist Five · March 22, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELLLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · May 8, 1972
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.