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ZBIGNIEW JOSEF DALENTA
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – February 27, 1971
Service recordZbigniew Josef Dalenta, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 9
- DENNIS LINN CRAVERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1971
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- MASASHI NAKASHIMOStaff Sergeant · February 27, 1971
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.