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PETER ALLEN ZANCA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1942 – January 6, 1968
Service recordPeter Allen Zanca, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 18, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 62
- JERRY WAYNE WICKAMCorporal · January 6, 1968
- ROY VICTOR WIEGANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD WOLFEPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALVIN BAILEYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 55
- JAMES ALLEN CROSBYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ROY VICTOR WIEGANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 62
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.