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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Howard Zehner.

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THOMAS HOWARD ZEHNER

Private First Class · U.S. Army

July 11, 1944 – February 20, 1967

Service record

Thomas Howard Zehner, of Bruce, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 15E · Line 67

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Unit (as recorded)
88 TRANS CO 8 TRANS GRP 1 LOG CMD
Born
July 11, 1944
Home of record
Bruce, Wisconsin (Rusk County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 20, 1967
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Bruce

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.