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PHILLIP ARTHUR STRIZZI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 22, 1930 – May 12, 1967
Service recordPhillip Arthur Strizzi, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 1
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 1
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY MYERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ERVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 102
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.