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WILLIAM JOSEPH ZEMANICK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1946 – August 13, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Zemanick, of Troy, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 10
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · August 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · August 14, 1968
- RAYMOND LOUIS DANIELSSergeant · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICENTE DUENAS PEREZSergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.