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WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1946 – May 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Eugene Sanzoverino, of Bayville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 31
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- SAMUEL EMMERSON ROUSHSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WADE BETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 19
- RANDELL HEATHE BURNSEDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 20
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- STEVEN FREDERICK DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- ARTHUR MANOSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 27
- PEDRO MORENO ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 30
- ROBERT RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
From Bayville
- JOHN ROBERT MINUTOLICaptain · April 6, 1967
- DONALD LYNN DELAPLAINEWarrant Officer 1 · June 28, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH JOZEFOWSKICaptain · June 25, 1972
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.