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ALAN PETER STRAZZANTI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1950 – August 25, 1969
Service recordAlan Peter Strazzanti, of Northfield, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 116
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Northfield, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 116
- RICHARD POWELL SHELTONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- JAMES STINGLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- EARNEST ALLEN JRSergeant · August 26, 1969
- GAETAN JEAN GUY BEAUDOINSergeant · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIKSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 111
- TERRANCE NEIL GENTRYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 112
From Northfield
- CHARLES EDWARD HANNStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- TERRENCE ROY BILLINGSSpecialist Four · July 27, 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.