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FRANK CHARLES ZONAR JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – June 18, 1970
Service recordFrank Charles Zonar JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 66
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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
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 66
- STEVEN RAY STOLTZSergeant · June 18, 1970
- RALPH MORGAN TRIPLETTCorporal · June 18, 1970
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTONPrivate · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CASTILLOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 62
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 63
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 64
- WESLEY EUGENE MELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 65
- RODRICK ALLAN SKEINSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 65
- BARRY GLENN TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 66
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.