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JOHN JOSEPH ZAGATA
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – July 23, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Zagata, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 47
- MITCHELL JONES JRSergeant · July 23, 1970
- KENNETH PAUL TANNERMajor · July 23, 1970
- WILFRED WESLEY WARNER JRSergeant · July 23, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE BLOODWORTHCaptain · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DERREL KEITH DICKEYSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 45
- PAUL LINN HAININGPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 46
- BERTRAND C MEDINE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 46
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.