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HARRY FRANKLIN ZALESNY JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – December 22, 1969
Service recordHarry Franklin Zalesny JR, of Plymouth, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 84
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 84
- DONALD ANTHONY SELKEY JRSpecialist Four · December 22, 1969
- JAMES LEE SWAIMSergeant First Class · December 22, 1969
- REYNALDO LEON BARRAGAN JRCorporal · December 23, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD FORELance Corporal · December 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD KENNEDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 81
- PETER PAUL PARNELL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 83
- JOHN NORMENT RANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 83
From Plymouth
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN LARRICKCorporal · September 26, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- HARRY E BAKER JRSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.