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TERRY LESTER ZUMALT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1950 – November 15, 1969
Service recordTerry Lester Zumalt, of Neosho, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Neosho, Missouri (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 83
- FRANCIS ZAVACKICaptain · November 15, 1969
- MARVIN RICHARD BERHOWEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN BILESSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- PHILIPPE B FALESMajor · November 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS KASTNERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN MICHAEL ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN EDWARD POOLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 81
From Neosho
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1968
- GARY WAYNE MAYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE PATTONSpecialist Four · March 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.