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THOMAS ONEAL ZORN JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 14, 1946 – September 17, 1972
Service recordThomas Oneal Zorn JR, of Waycross, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 17, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 388 TFW KORAT
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Waycross, Georgia (Ware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1W, Line 74
- CHARLES WILLIAM GACHESSpecialist Five · May 24, 1972
- MICHAEL STEPHEN TUROSEFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1972
- ROGER WILLIAM CARROLL JRMajor · September 21, 1972
- DWIGHT WILLIAM COOKFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1972
- TIMOTHY JAMES SWEENEYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1972
From Waycross
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JAMES DALE HAWESPrivate First Class · November 11, 1965
- TOMMIE LEE SILLSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- NORMAN ROGER SWEATStaff Sergeant · October 6, 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.