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ROY GLENN ZUFELT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1946 – March 8, 1969
Service recordRoy Glenn Zufelt, of Palmdale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 83
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Palmdale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 83
- HECTOR MANUEL VEGA-DIAZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- CLIFTON FRED WAGNERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ROY DEAN WIMMERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 71
- DEAN HERBERT JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 77
- JERRY GLENN ERVINCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 78
From Palmdale
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- EUGENE WAYNE BURKHARTPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- JOHN RALPH PAINTER JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 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.