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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Anthony Dalpozzo JR.

The Wall › Panel 7W › California › Anthony Dalpozzo JR

ANTHONY DALPOZZO JR

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

April 26, 1951 – January 29, 1973

Service record

Anthony Dalpozzo JR, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1973, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7W · Line 69

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
April 26, 1951
Home of record
Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 29, 1973
Age
21
Province
Phong Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1973; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7W, Line 69

From Santa Barbara

All 28 names from Santa Barbara →

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.