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EDWARD JOSEPH ZEWERT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – April 26, 1968
Service recordEdward Joseph Zewert JR, of Arverne, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Arverne, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 26
- WILLIAM F VANDERVORT JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- LARRY ALDEN WINCHESTERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD FUSSCorporal · April 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DEWAYNE BOYETTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 14
- DAVID ALLEN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 14
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 15
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 17
- MICHAEL THOMAS EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 17
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 20
- MILTON ARTHUR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 21
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 23
- GEOFFREY D R SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 23
- RAYMOND JULIUS SMITHSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 24
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
From Arverne
- WILLIAM MORRISLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- PHILIP ALLISON TINGLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- JOSE CRESPOPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.