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SAM RICHARD TRIZZA JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1943 – June 2, 1967
Service recordSam Richard Trizza JR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 39
- RALPH EDWARD SMITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- RALPH WENTZ SMITHGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- NEAL ROBERT THALINPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES ELMER THEISENPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.