John Michael Rizzo, Jr
Warrant Officer
F TRP, 2ND SQDN, 17TH CAVALRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Oceanside, New York
March 13, 1948 to January 14, 1970
JOHN M RIZZO Jr is on the Wall at Panel W14, Line 34

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John M Rizzo
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22 Jan 2000

REMEMBERED

A memorial initiated by Hil Laguna
hillaguna@aol.com

 
19 Apr 2003

The photo shown above was taken while John was on the way to Chu Lai and was given to me by John Anderson.

Michael Rizzo
mr1029@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Warrant Officer John Rizzo went through flight training at Fort Wolters and Fort Rucker in flight class 69-1, receiving his wings on 11 March 1969. He and two other men of A Company, 101st Avn Bn, died when their UH-1H Huey (tail number 67-17349) was shot down:
  • WO1 John Michael Rizzo, Jr, pilot
  • SP5 Clarence S. Turner III, gunner
  • SP4 Gerald Lee Schwuchow, crew chief

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