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MARTIN ALLEN MCZEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordMartin Allen McZeal, of Rome, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Rome, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 81
- PAUL REYES NARVAEZSergeant · June 18, 1969
- THOMAS DANIEL NAUGHTON JRHospitalman · June 18, 1969
- ROYAL PRESTON ODENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- STEPHEN OROSCOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BRADYCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 72
- CHARLES WILLIAM DORNONSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 75
- ALAN HEALD GREENLAWSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 77
From Rome
- BRADFORD THOMAS GRIFFINLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES CHENEYWarrant Officer 1 · December 31, 1967
- ROBERT NIELSENCorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR RUSSELL JANSENCorporal · January 24, 1968
- HENRY F HENDERSON IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JOSEPH A MARTURANO JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TANNEYLance Corporal · September 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN MONTOYA JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- WYATT STEPHEN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HENDRIXSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
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.