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JOSEPH EDMUND MAZZANTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 20, 1950 – September 18, 1969
Service recordJoseph Edmund Mazzanti, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 110
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1950
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 110
- RANDALL LEE KRUEGERLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM LABRECQUECorporal · September 18, 1969
- ARTHUR LEWISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
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.