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WILLIAM RAYMOND ZEYEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – January 15, 1971
Service recordWilliam Raymond Zeyen, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 47
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
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 47
- ROBERT ERNEST SHARPECorporal · January 15, 1971
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- CHARLES RAY BESSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
- DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMANCorporal · January 16, 1971
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.