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MICHAEL EDWARD ZIBURA JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordMichael Edward Zibura JR, of Boonton, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 32
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Boonton, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 32
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD WITKOWSKIPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER MCDANIELCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 29
From Boonton
- WALTER LEE BABBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · October 8, 1967
- STANLEY JOHN CYGONCaptain · April 3, 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.