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VICTOR ALLEN MAZITIS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – December 8, 1967
Service recordVictor Allen Mazitis JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 65
- CHARLES LEE HAUSCHILDTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- MICHAEL KARPIAK JRSergeant · December 8, 1967
- LARRY JOE MARTINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- LLOYD DONALD MICHAELLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 66
- DAVID ARLINGTON TANNERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 67
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.