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EUGENE PIZZINO II
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 3, 1947 – March 16, 1969
Service recordEugene Pizzino II, of Painesville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 16, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 102
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 13 AF
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Painesville, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “13 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 102
- EARL LLOYD LEWISLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
- DALE DENNIS LINGLEAirman Apprentice · March 21, 1969
- JAMES JOHN LISTERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- RICARDO LOPEZCorporal · March 21, 1969
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · March 21, 1969
From Painesville
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- HARRY D HUSTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- CHARLES ALAN HOODPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 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.