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ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Zerilli, of Corona, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 33
- FRANZ TINESPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- TOBY JACK WATKINSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD WELKERHospitalman · September 11, 1968
- OWEN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL ALFORD PEDERSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 28
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 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.