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JOHN CARL ZAGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 11, 1950 – October 17, 1970
Service recordJohn Carl Zager, of Virginia, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Virginia, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 6
- JOHN MERLE THAYERAirman First Class · October 17, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMASChief Petty Officer · October 17, 1970
- BENTON CLAUDE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- RAE ARVID BAILEYSergeant · October 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 5
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 5
From Virginia
- GUST CALLIVASSergeant First Class · November 22, 1965
- HERBERT ROY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICKIE NORMAN GUNDERSONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
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.