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JULIUS ZAPOROZEC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – November 17, 1969
Service recordJulius Zaporozec, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Hackettstown, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 91
- MARK FRANCIS TEARLSpecialist Five · November 17, 1969
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASAirman First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- KENNETH DEWAYNE HARJOSpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
- CHARLES MITCHELL COHENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 87
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · Panel 16W, Line 87
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 88
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 90
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 90
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
From Hackettstown
- HARRY FLOYD CONRADSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- NICKOLAS SZAWALUKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
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.