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LOUIS CLAUDE ZUCKER
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 29, 1934 – March 20, 1968
Service recordLouis Claude Zucker, of Ottawa, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Dương 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.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 44
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- TOMMY ANDREW WALDONCorporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WHITEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
From Ottawa
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · September 15, 1967
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · March 11, 1969
- GERALD DEAN JERDESpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- JON CHARLES SAPPStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MINDOCKSergeant · August 4, 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.