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FREDERICK MEZZATESTA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – August 17, 1969
Service recordFrederick Mezzatesta, of Whitesboro, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Whitesboro, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 55
- JAMES RANDOLPH HURSTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1969
- DONALD JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · August 17, 1969
- GEORGE LOUIS MINERCaptain · August 17, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KIM MICHAEL DILIBERTOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 53
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 54
- JAMES RANDOLPH HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 55
- MATTHEW PETERSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- CLIFFORD SEALSCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 56
- JAY DENNIS WEBSTER JRCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 57
From Whitesboro
- DANIEL OLMSTEAD KERNEnsign · October 26, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · December 17, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS DURRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
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.