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JOSEPH C ZAMIARA
Captain · U.S. Army
October 5, 1943 – January 30, 1968
Service recordJoseph C Zamiara, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 84
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Khanh Hoa 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35E, Line 84
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT EARL WHITBECKLieutenant Colonel · January 30, 1968
- RALPH ERIC WHITESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- GHALIB AHMED ABDULLAHCorporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 73
- LARRY DAVID MILLARDSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 76
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.