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TILDEN BRUCE ZANE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1943 – December 7, 1966
Service recordTilden Bruce Zane, of Miami Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Miami Beach, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 20
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- SALVATORE PETER CEMELLIPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
From Miami Beach
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CARROLLCaptain · October 5, 1966
- RONNIE ELLIS HOGBINSergeant First Class · May 25, 1969
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
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.