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ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 26, 1936 – June 10, 1965
Service recordZoltan Alajos Kovacs, of Berkeley, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 6
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- October 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 6
- WILLIAM ROBERT BATCHELDERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1965
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- DONALD RUSSELL SAEGAERTWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
From Berkeley
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ESMOND EMERSON SNELL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 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.