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CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – February 5, 1969
Service recordCarl Joseph Tanzola JR, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 70
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- DANA LAWRENCE ZALESKIPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- RONALD DANIEL BRIGGSCaptain · February 6, 1969
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE KELLAMSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 65
- JOHN WAYNE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 69
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 1969
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.