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PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLI
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1944 – November 25, 1969
Service recordPaul Richard Lavezzoli, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 121
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 121
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · November 25, 1969
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · November 25, 1969
- GARY PATRICK HERSHBERGERSergeant · November 25, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND KYLE DISMUKESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 120
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 121
- JERRY DOUGLAS RAWLSCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 122
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.