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JOHN PETER ZIELINSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1946 – January 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Peter Zielinski, of Bayside, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Bayside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 64
- DANNY A WEBERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WHITESergeant Major · January 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EDMOND WHITE IIICorporal · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER ASPPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 58
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- GENE LAWRENCE KUVIKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 61
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 62
From Bayside
- RONALD IRWIN KRAUSSAirman Second Class · May 22, 1965
- WALTER JOSEPH BIENKOWSKILance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ALBERTO COLONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · March 7, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · December 9, 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.