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WILLIAM LEE SFERRUZZI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 7, 1944 – November 2, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lee Sferruzzi, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 10
- TERRY ALAN JOHNSONCorporal · November 2, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · November 2, 1968
- NOE TAMEYOZASpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANTHONY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
- JAMES IRWIN SCHLINGERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 8
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.