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GEORGE ALAN ZOMBERG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – August 14, 1967
Service recordGeorge Alan Zomberg, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 111
- RONNIE D BEETSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- WILLIAM EMANUEL BAKERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- LARRY EARL BOWMANLance Corporal · August 15, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE BUTTSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK MARIO BOZZELLOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 108
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 108
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.