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VERNON GLEN ZORNES
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 14, 1951 – November 23, 1970
Service recordVernon Glen Zornes, of Chelan, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Chelan, Washington (Chelan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 79
- DARRELL BLANCHARD RICKERStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1970
- ROBERT CARL RUNGECorporal · November 23, 1970
- CLAIR ELISHA REEVES SAINTStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1970
- IAN MCINTOSHWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CARL RUNGECorporal · Panel 6W, Line 79
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.