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EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – November 28, 1967
Service recordEdward Francis Zackowski, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 2
- SAM TENORIOSergeant · November 28, 1967
- HILLARD EVANS WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- RODERICK WAYNE BREAULTCorporal · November 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 100
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 100
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 102
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 102
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 102
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 1
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 1
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.