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DONALD HENRY ZILLGITT
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 26, 1944 – May 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Henry Zillgitt, of Inglewood, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 12, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- February 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 16
- PHILIP MILTON WOOTENPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ALLEN ROY BARNESSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- THOMAS MASSIE BOYD IIICorporal · May 13, 1968
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.