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EUGENE ZEIGLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1944 – December 6, 1967
Service recordEugene Zeigler, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 56
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 56
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RONALD ROY HAMMERSTROMSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 43
- GARY RICHARD CLARKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 44
- JOHN CHARLES FILIPPIPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 44
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 45
- ALFRED DUGGERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- GUY MARVIN FINLEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 46
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 47
- DURWARD ALLAN LIMBACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- DAVID MICHAEL MIDCAPPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 49
- MARIO MOREU-LEONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- KEVIN MICHAEL MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 51
- DOUGLAS LYLE MCLOUDCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 51
- ROBERT ALTON PRETTYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- WILLIAM HENRY PRUITT JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 52
- DANIEL KIMOKEO PUHICorporal · Panel 31E, Line 52
- ROBERT LEWIS PULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 52
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 53
- JOHN WOODWARD SOGNIER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 54
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 54
- TEDDY GENE WHITTONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 55
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
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.