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JACK MICHAEL ZAITZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – November 25, 1968
Service recordJack Michael Zaitz, of Hibbing, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Hibbing, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 63
- CHARLES GERALD STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- KENNEY MILTON ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH AHERN JRSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- ROGER DEAN ALGIREPrivate First Class · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 53
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 55
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 57
- RALPH BUDDY MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 60
- JOSEPH VINCENT STACKPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
From Hibbing
- KENNETH LEROY BAUERStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MAXIEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- JAMES ARNE NIEMIPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 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.