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LAURENCE CRIS ZIETLOW
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
August 30, 1928 – October 3, 1967
Service recordLaurence Cris Zietlow, of New Salem, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS II FF
- Born
- August 30, 1928
- Home of record
- New Salem, North Dakota (Morton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 47
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS DEWALDPrivate · October 4, 1967
- HERMAN ELLIS JRLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
From New Salem
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.