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JERRY L ZEVENBERGEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 1, 1945 – March 16, 1966
Service recordJerry L Zevenbergen, of Unknown, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Unknown, California
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 16
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- PAUL GERARD UNDERWOODColonel · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KENNETH HUGHESSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 14
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 15
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.