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PETER MAZZILLO JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1946 – April 30, 1967
Service recordPeter Mazzillo JR, of Avenel, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 124
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Avenel, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 124
- LEONARD MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ANTONIO MENDOZACorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOSEPH MIECZKOWSKICorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
From Avenel
- TIMOTHY JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN DORIOPrivate First Class · October 25, 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.