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FLORIAN J ZAHN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – May 21, 1968
Service recordFlorian J Zahn, of Butte, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 3
- ZBIGNIEW JOHN TOMASZEWSKIHospitalman · May 21, 1968
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOFCorporal · May 21, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · Panel 64E, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- CHARLES PATRICK BROWNSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 12
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 12
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DEENY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 13
- ROGER L DILLMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 13
- LARRY MICHAEL GROSSCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
- GREGORY ALEXANDER HARPERSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- AURELIO GARZA HERRERASergeant · Panel 64E, Line 14
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64E, Line 14
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 15
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 17
- JERRY EUGENE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
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.