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MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLI
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 11, 1947 – December 23, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Dinapoli, of La Mesa, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 50
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- La Mesa, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 50
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- CARL RAYMOND GOODFELLOWPetty Officer Second Class · December 23, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
From La Mesa
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- DIETER RUDOLF VATERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE PREVOSTSpecialist Five · March 13, 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.