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RONALD PAUL ZENGA
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 29, 1945 – January 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Paul Zenga, of Winchester, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 3, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Winchester, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 31
- WILLIAM E PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- TED ARNOLD WHITESpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- EDGAR W WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- FREDDY THOMAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
From Winchester
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1970
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.