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CHRISTOPHER ZENO CZARNOTA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1951 – March 22, 1971
Service recordChristopher Zeno Czarnota, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 65
- REGINALD JOE ABERNETHYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1971
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- KARL WALTER DRUZINSKICorporal · March 22, 1971
- WILLIAM HENRY FELLSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS GUCOFSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 66
- ROBERT NORMAND LEBRUNSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 68
- CHARLIE MATTHEW LOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 68
From Perth Amboy
- MICHAEL JOHN IHNATPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARMELO ROMAN-AGUILARPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- ANGEL MERESI CORREALance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD PETRICKLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW BUCIORCorporal · April 5, 1968
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.