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JOHN MICHAEL RIZZO JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – January 14, 1970
Service recordJohn Michael Rizzo JR, of Oceanside, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 34
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Oceanside, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 34
- GARY WILLIAM MORRISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- ANDREW MARK PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- MARTIN SULLY SCHILLER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1970
- HENRY LUSCIOUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE SCHWUCHOWSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 35
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 35
From Oceanside
- HAROLD JEFFREY CANANSergeant · September 14, 1967
- PETER ALLAN PENFOLDLance Corporal · October 17, 1967
- RONALD VINCENT MAIORANAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN HUEFFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · May 7, 1968
- STEPHEN BERNARD CARLINFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 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.