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JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1939 – September 20, 1966
Service recordJames Francis Panzarella, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 125
- JOHN PERRY KAMINSKYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- HERBERT CHARLES PHIPPSStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1966
- ELIAS RANGEL RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 20, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS ROSEMANCorporal · September 20, 1966
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.