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DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordDonald John Zastowsky, of Plainfield, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 29
- JAMES MATTHEW WANDROPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGG WORLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1969
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 23
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 23
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 25
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 26
From Plainfield
- NORMAN ROGER SURPRENANTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- EDWARD DONALD LAMOREUXPrivate First Class · March 25, 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.