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JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKY
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
January 6, 1942 – August 25, 1967
Service recordJames John Zavocky, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 25, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT
- Born
- January 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAP 61 NAS CUBI POINT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 45
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- FILBERTO AGUIRRE JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1967
- JOHN JERALD ALMANZAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAIRE RONALD ALAN BOISPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- EDWARD JAMES JACOBS JRCommander · Panel 25E, Line 42
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEIFNERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
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.