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JAMES VINCENT PICARAZZI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1950 – February 12, 1971
Service recordJames Vincent Picarazzi, of Selkirk, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 100
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Selkirk, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 100
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- JAMES GARLAND SIDDONSCaptain · February 12, 1971
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 1971
- EDWARD SIMON WISSIGStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 98
From Selkirk
- CHARLES WILLIAM BURKART JRColonel · June 13, 1966
- JAMES CLEVELAND BINK JRPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- JARED ARTHUR FRISBIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
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.