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NESTOR LORENZO ARGENZIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1941 – October 12, 1965
Service recordNestor Lorenzo Argenzio, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 119
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 119
- VICTOR RALPH PARKERPrivate · October 11, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROSS ROMANOPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 119
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KANE JRCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 120
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 121
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 121
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.