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FRANK LOUIS ZIGALO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1928 – September 8, 1967
Service recordFrank Louis Zigalo, of Bartlett, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1928
- Home of record
- Bartlett, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 38
- ALBERT FRANCIS SAYER JRCaptain · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LLEWELLYN SLANEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
- KURT LLOYD KUHNSCaptain · Panel 26E, Line 35
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 36
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 37
From Bartlett
- ROBERT MARTINEZ FUENTESLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- ELTON DAVIS JRLance Corporal · September 29, 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.