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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Arthur George-Pizarro.

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ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARRO

Sergeant · U.S. Army

April 28, 1944 – March 10, 1969

Service record

Arthur George-Pizarro, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 30W · Line 101

Position of Panel 30W 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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
April 28, 1944
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 10, 1969
Age
24
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Burns/Smoke Inhalation

Context · from the records

What was happening

37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 30W, Line 101

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.