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JOSEPH BERNARD ZIEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1952 – November 30, 1971
Service recordJoseph Bernard Ziel, of Bloomington, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 81
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1952
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 81
- ROBERT LEE WYNNPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
- STEPHEN CHARLES RUBYStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1971
- BERT OTTO LAWRENCESpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
- HARRY MELBORN VANDIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BERT OTTO LAWRENCESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 81
From Bloomington
- KENNETH LEE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
- BOBBY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · March 28, 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.