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EARL KAY ZIEGLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1938 – January 22, 1969
Service recordEarl Kay Ziegler, of Carmi, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Officer (0130)
- Born
- January 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Carmi, Illinois (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 57
- GEORGE GERALD CARLOUGHCorporal · January 22, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN DENEEN JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FARRELLPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
From Carmi
- MICHAEL RAYE MCCORDSpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT CROZIER BARNES JRSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1968
- LEWIS WAYNE PAGEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- BOBBY GENE BARBRESpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BOYERSpecialist Four · January 21, 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.