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WESLEY IRWIN PIZER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1945 – April 22, 1967
Service recordWesley Irwin Pizer, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 71
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RAUL BAUTISTA PEREZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- WILLIAM AMBROSE PROCTORSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
- GORDON ARTHUR ROUSE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE BROCKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 67
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 68
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- DUTLEY JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 70
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.