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JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Fazzino, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 24
- ROBERT HENRY DAVISSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE DEWLENSecond Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- BERNARD W DICKERSON JRCorporal · June 11, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE EWINGPrivate · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLADSTON CALLWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 22
- DAVID MICHAEL CRONINStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- THOMAS HUBERT JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 26
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.