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WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordWilfredo Pantaleon Zamora, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 15
- DIRK JON WESTRASpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- OLIVER ZINIMON JRLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- TONY ANDERSON BAKERPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
- EARL EUGENE FAULKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- MARSHALL WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 13
- WARDELL SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 14
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.