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JOSEPH MARK MAZZONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1945 – September 22, 1968
Service recordJoseph Mark Mazzone, of Hicksville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 64
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RANDALL PATRICK LESSSergeant · September 22, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEXTER BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- STEVEN CARL GASSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 62
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 64
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 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.