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JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – November 19, 1967
Service recordJoseph Vincent Zelinski, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 36
- CHARLES JOSEPH WATTERSMajor · November 19, 1967
- REMER GARTH WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE WILSON IVLance Corporal · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 22
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- DAVID LE ROY FARRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
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.