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B C IZARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1920 – June 19, 1968
Service recordB C Izard, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 34
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Maintenance Specialist (55C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MI CO DET MACV
- Born
- August 2, 1920
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MI CO DET MACV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 34
- JOHN EDWARD GRANVILLELance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1968
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- WILBUR LEWIS J HALLOCK JRSergeant · June 19, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE HICKSCorporal · June 19, 1968
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.