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LOUIS ANTHONY FAVUZZA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – April 29, 1970
Service recordLouis Anthony Favuzza, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 67
- PAUL DEWITT BRANNONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1970
- WENDELL LEE BROWNCaptain · April 29, 1970
- DAVID MOY BURKE JRSpecialist Five · April 29, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 68
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 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.