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DANA LAWRENCE ZALESKI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1949 – February 5, 1969
Service recordDana Lawrence Zaleski, of Garfield Heights, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Garfield Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 70
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- GLENN ROSS URQUHART JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- RONALD DANIEL BRIGGSCaptain · February 6, 1969
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
From Garfield Heights
- DAVID WILLIAM HARTLEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- VAN CHAFFEEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD FRANCECorporal · September 6, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL SUNDAYSpecialist Five · September 29, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BRUCKNERSergeant · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PAPASergeant · May 5, 1968
- JOHN JAMES MATUSKASpecialist Four · September 29, 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.