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FRED JOSEPH ZYCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1948 – June 11, 1969
Service recordFred Joseph Zyck, of Flemington, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 29
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Flemington, New Jersey (Hunterdon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 29
- JAMES MATTHEW WANDROPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CLARK LEE VERN WILLIAMSCorporal · June 11, 1969
- MICHAEL GREGG WORLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1969
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER BRYANT BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 18
- ROLAND FORREST DIPOLOPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 20
- TERRY FRANCIS DROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 20
- MICHAEL GREGG WORLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Flemington
- GREGORY THOMAS BUCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- ANDREW FEDORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- MICHAEL RICHARD BALDWINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT HANCOCKCorporal · December 8, 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.