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WAYNE STEVE ZACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – February 23, 1970
Service recordWayne Steve Zach, of Brookfield, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 50
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 50
- THOMAS LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · February 23, 1970
- DENNIS PATRICK SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 23, 1970
- RUSSELL MERRILL STODDARDLance Corporal · February 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ALDAGSergeant · February 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT MALDONADO-LLUBERASSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 48
From Brookfield
- CHARLES EDWARD DENNYPetty Officer Second Class · September 21, 1967
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ANTON JAMES JECMEN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DANIEL JOSEPH DAVIDENKOConstructionman · November 10, 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.