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GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCIC
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1939 – June 26, 1965
Service recordGeorge Paul Zupancic, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- June 11, 1939
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 21
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- BILLIE LEROY ROTHStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1965
- MIKE GARCIA BUSTOSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 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.