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MARTIN HARRY ZUNIGA
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 4, 1946 – November 5, 1967
Service recordMartin Harry Zuniga, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 26
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 26
- LUTHER ELMER PRESTONPrivate · November 5, 1967
- CLIFFORD W SCHNEEMAN JRCaptain · November 5, 1967
- JOHN F ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROY PAINTER GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 24
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.