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CHARLES A ZIONTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1945 – March 16, 1966
Service recordCharles A Zionts, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 17
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 14
- MARION C BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 14
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 14
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 15
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 15
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 1969
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.