John Michael Rizzo, Jr

Warrant Officer
A CO, 101ST AVN BN, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
13 March 1948 - 14 January 1970
Oceanside, NY
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101 ABN DIV

UH-1 Huey

101ST AVN BN 		John M Rizzo

Army Aviator

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for John Michael Rizzo, Jr

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


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his brother,
Michael Rizzo
mr1029@aol.com 
22 Jan 2000


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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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