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JOHN MALCOLM ZELENICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – February 25, 1967
Service recordJohn Malcolm Zelenick, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 92
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WADEStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONOVAN KEITH ELWELLPrivate · Panel 15E, Line 89
- ROBERT HOWARD GRANOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 90
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.