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GERALD WAYNE ZIY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1948 – December 29, 1967
Service recordGerald Wayne Ziy, of St Ann, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- St Ann, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 1
- GORDON JAMES WENAASLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
- JAMES RANDALL WILLIAMSSenior Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- DAVE MARTIN BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN STROSHANESpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
From St Ann
- CHARLES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- ALAN JOSEPH ROBINSONCorporal · July 14, 1968
- CHARLES JACKSON WILSONLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · April 24, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 1970
- LARRY DAVID HICKSSergeant · September 24, 1970
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.