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DIONISIO G CARRIZALES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – May 6, 1970
Service recordDionisio G Carrizales, of Normanna, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Normanna, Texas (Bee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 109
- MELVIN BOWMANSergeant · May 6, 1970
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- JAY MARTIN BYERLYSergeant First Class · May 6, 1970
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- AUGUSTO C PADUA-LEDESMAPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 114
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.