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ROBERT JAMES ZENICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – July 15, 1968
Service recordRobert James Zenick, of Glendale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- 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
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 37
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · July 15, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 33
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · Panel 52W, Line 34
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE RAYSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- STEVEN GIACOPPO JRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 35
- ROBERT DAVIS HICKOXCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 35
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 36
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 36
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 37
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 37
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.