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DENNIS LEROY ZIEBARTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 28, 1950 – November 20, 1970
Service recordDennis Leroy Ziebarth, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 75
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
- June 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 75
- FRANCIS ALBERT ZERGGENCorporal · November 20, 1970
- JAMES IGNATIUS BOWDREN JRCorporal · November 21, 1970
- THOMAS REUBEN BRADLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WOOD BASNIGHTSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 73
- DENNIS HUMPHREY DALEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 73
- WILLIAM ELGIN FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 73
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 74
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBOYLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 74
- FRANCIS ALBERT ZERGGENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 75
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 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.