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WILLIAM ALLEN ROZZI
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1947 – February 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Allen Rozzi, of South Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- South Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 55
- LUCIEN ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ROY RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · February 21, 1968
- WALTER ROBINSONCorporal · February 21, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ROSENWALDPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
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.