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DARRON FREDERICK ZICCHINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – January 28, 1969
Service recordDarron Frederick Zicchino, of Carlstadt, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Carlstadt, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 9
- ROBERT EARL POORESpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- JESUS QUESADAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- JOHN LOUIS REAGLECorporal · January 28, 1969
- DANIEL PATRICK ROSELance Corporal · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WARREN REED ESKRIDGECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 7
- CARL DALE PIPHERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 11
From Carlstadt
- JOHN DINAPOLI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1968
- GERARD JOSEPH WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 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.