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CHARLES DANIEL PIZZI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1942 – June 9, 1965
Service recordCharles Daniel Pizzi, of West Orange, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 10, 1942
- Home of record
- West Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 2
- HAROLD KENNETH STEVENS JRLance Corporal · June 8, 1965
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- EDWARD ALLAN JOSEPH OWNBYPetty Officer Second Class · June 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 3
From West Orange
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- GERALD LOUIS DEROSEPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- PETER FRANK KOVACHPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES VANDERBILT LANGMajor · September 12, 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.