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ROBERT JOHN ZONNE JR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 28, 1942 – April 20, 1970
Service recordRobert John Zonne JR, of Midland, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 29
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (0200)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 29
- RICHARD HENRY WARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- BILLY WAYNE ADDISStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- CARL TIMOTHY BAUERStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL BOYERSpecialist Five · April 21, 1970
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
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.