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DONN PETER ZARINA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – March 1, 1969
Service recordDonn Peter Zarina, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 9
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 9
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICHSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- BEN HENRY WILKINS JRSpecialist Five · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- WARREN LEE BEACHAMCorporal · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30W, Line 3
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 7
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 7
- BEN HENRY WILKINS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 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.