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JOHN BONAT STIZZA
Major · U.S. Army
June 26, 1939 – January 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Bonat Stizza, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 55
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 55
- SCOTT JAMES RODERICKLance Corporal · January 21, 1970
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- CHARLES TERRY RUSSELLSergeant · January 21, 1970
- JEROME ROBERT SAINPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN BOYERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 51
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 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.