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WILLIAM JOHN ZALEWSKI
Master Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1916 – December 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam John Zalewski, of Clifton, New Jersey, served as a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 40
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
- Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utilities Chief (1169)
- Born
- July 15, 1916
- Home of record
- Clifton, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 51
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 40
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- DAMON EARL BILLINGSLEACorporal · December 5, 1967
- GARY LLOYD ENGLANDCaptain · December 5, 1967
- DANIEL HINSON LINDSEYSergeant · December 5, 1967
From Clifton
- ALFRED PINOLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- THOMAS J DANDOSergeant · March 19, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY KRUGER JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRANCIS CORCORANCaptain · June 7, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HOWARD ELMER VANVLIETLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
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.