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RUSSELL MICHAEL ZGRABIK
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – January 26, 1967
Service recordRussell Michael Zgrabik, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 84
- EDWIN LLOYD YOUNGMANHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.