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DAVID HARTZLER ZOOK JR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 22, 1930 – October 4, 1967
Service recordDavid Hartzler Zook JR, of West Liberty, Ohio, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 4, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1041Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 ACS
- Born
- January 22, 1930
- Home of record
- West Liberty, Ohio (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 4, 1967
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 51
- DONALD GEORGE SCHRENKSpecialist Four · October 4, 1967
- PETER ALLAN SPARKSHospitalman · October 4, 1967
- CRAIG ALDEN VERLINDENSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DAVID BARD WAINWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
From West Liberty
- GLENN ALAN LOVETTSergeant · March 7, 1970
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.