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RONNIE S CATANZARITI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – June 21, 1967
Service recordRonnie S Catanzariti, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 28
- HARLAN FLOYD ADAMSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- HOWARD LINTON BRITTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALTER JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 31
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.