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GERALD ZLOTORZYNSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – March 26, 1971
Service recordGerald Zlotorzynski, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 82
- ALBERT ALLEN VENCELCorporal · March 26, 1971
- OTTO TOM WIEBENPrivate First Class · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT TIMOTHY BRADLEYCorporal · March 27, 1971
- ROBERT CONN CHAUDOINFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN REINHOLD HUART JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 80
- OTTO TOM WIEBENPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 82
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- 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
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.