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THOMAS JOSEPH ZELENKA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 30, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Zelenka, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 73
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 41 ENG CO 92 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 73
- LEROY WARDPrivate · July 6, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
- DAVID LARRY BONESTEELSergeant · July 7, 1969
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.