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JOHN MARK ZEHNDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – September 28, 1967
Service recordJohn Mark Zehnder, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 26
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- JOHNNY BOYD ALBRITTONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- CHARLES WALTER DEW BALCOESpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · March 15, 1968
- ALEXANDER TSIROSCorporal · April 30, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 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.