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PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1950 – September 17, 1968
Service recordPhilip Edward Zeleski, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 24
- RONALD WALTER ZYDELPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · September 18, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BECKLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN BURKESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 12
- GARY FRANCIS JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 16
- RONALD LEE RONDOCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 21
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.