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FRANCIS JOHN ZINDA
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1933 – January 14, 1967
Service recordFrancis John Zinda, of Wibaux, Montana, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 14, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Born
- June 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Wibaux, Montana (Wibaux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 31
- EUGENE WHITECorporal · January 14, 1967
- DALE EARL BENSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- A J BOTTOMChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 15, 1967
- GARY RODNEY BOYETTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
From Wibaux
- JAMES ALLAN OSTERLOTHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 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.