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DAVID LEE RIZOR
Private · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – October 9, 1965
Service recordDavid Lee Rizor, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 115
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- RONNIE MARSHALL DUNCANPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · October 10, 1965
From Washington
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.