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JAMES LAWRENCE PREZIOSI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1947 – October 29, 1967
Service recordJames Lawrence Preziosi, of Commack, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Commack, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 98
- CARLYLE B POMEROY JRSeaman Apprentice · October 29, 1967
- FORREST DEVERE RAINS JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 29, 1967
- BRISTOL ROBERTSON JRCorporal · October 29, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
From Commack
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- EDWARD MATHEW AMATOSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ANTHONY PHILIP ODDOPrivate First Class · February 10, 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.