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JAMES ALBERT GAZZE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1944 – March 12, 1969
Service recordJames Albert Gazze, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 19
- JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LOUIS WAYNE FRERICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1969
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · March 12, 1969
- THOMAS EWALD HACKERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EVERETT SPIRESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 25
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.