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ZACK WILLIAM NAPIER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordZack William Napier, of Miamisburg, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 10
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Miamisburg, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 10
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- RODOLPH LEE NUNN JRLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1968
- CECIL THOMAS OSCARCorporal · June 6, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD PACKARDSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT ISHMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 59W, Line 6
- DENNIS W MOURGELASSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 11
- ANGELO CARMELO SANTIAGOSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 13
From Miamisburg
- MARK V DENNISPetty Officer Third Class · July 15, 1966
- BERT GUERRA IIIPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE HARPPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND O EBRIGHTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- GARY LEE MCKIDDYSergeant · May 6, 1970
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.