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JOSEPH ANTHONY ZUNIGA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – February 26, 1968
Service recordJoseph Anthony Zuniga, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 46
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 46
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- RICHARD D WILLIAMSCorporal · February 26, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES WILTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL VINCENT WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- JAY CEE DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 37
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 38
- ROBERT ALLEN JANSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ANTHONY LAROCCOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 41
- MARK EDWARD POLICASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 45
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.