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PETER GARY SCAVUZZO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 10, 1946 – March 4, 1966
Service recordPeter Gary Scavuzzo, of Toms River, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Toms River, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 107
- ALBERTO A LUCEROSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- DIEGO MERCADOSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- VINFORD FRANKLYN MICHAELPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Toms River
- CHARLES WESLEY KELLYLieutenant · January 17, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 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.