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JOHN PIZZUTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1949 – December 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Pizzuti, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1949
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 5
- ROBERT GLENN PENDLEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- ALEXANDER POZMANN JRFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ROACHSergeant · December 11, 1968
- RONALD M ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 1
- DENNIS EUGENE EDGESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 1
- WILLIE LEE HALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 2
- RONALD ANTHONY OSINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ROBERT GLENN PENDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- LEROY HENRY ROMIGPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- CHARLES E RUSSELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- VINCENT RALPH SALEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JAMES SUGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 7
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 9
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 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.