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PAUL P ZYLKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – June 30, 1968
Service recordPaul P Zylko, of Passaic, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Passaic, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 24
- DONALD HICKSSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- FRANK WARREN JONESWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM GERARD KANE JRFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
From Passaic
- EDWARD JOSEPH PAULSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- ALBERT C LAWSONLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- FRANCISCO HERMAN GONZALEZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- GEORGE MCCLELLANDStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- CARMINE NOVEMBRECorporal · April 25, 1968
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- PETER JOHN MCCALLUM JRCorporal · March 30, 1969
- STEWART SAMUEL BURRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- FRANCO DIANIPrivate First Class · September 20, 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.