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LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – December 23, 1967
Service recordLee Benjamin Zoeller, of Lakewood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 51
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- EUGENE HOWARD HARRIMANStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- DUDLEY CARROLL HUGHES JRSeaman · December 23, 1967
- ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYERMajor · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 50
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS LEON NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CARL EUBANKS JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 53
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 26, 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.