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LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1945 – January 13, 1967
Service recordLouis Edward Pizzuto, of Lynbrook, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynbrook, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 20
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- FRANCISCO DELA C DACANAYSergeant · January 13, 1967
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES ODEN DOUBERLYStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 19
- ROBERT VICTOR WOODSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 25
From Lynbrook
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MOINESTERLieutenant (junior grade) · January 31, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN COCKERLSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALFRED LODGEMajor · May 10, 1972
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.