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SAMUEL GIZZI ORLANDO
Hospitalman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
August 1, 1944 – March 4, 1966
Service recordSamuel Gizzi Orlando, of Birmingham, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 108
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman Apprentice (HA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
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.
The unit recorded as “2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 108
- HENRY DUANE ODOMPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- PAUL GENE PARSONSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL PATRICK BIRCHPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 5E, Line 99
From Birmingham
- DAIN W MILLIMANMajor · November 10, 1966
- JOHN HENRY BOUDREAUCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID LOUIS PERKETTPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- TERENCE RAYMOND ROACH JRSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD ANGERMANPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN WEILFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER HUGH MARKEYSecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
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.