William J. Zeltner, III
Corporal
2ND PLT, A CO, 4TH BN, 31ST INFANTRY, 196TH INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV, USARV Army of the United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 06, 1949 to August 22, 1969 WILLIAM J ZELTNER III is on the Wall at Panel W19, Line 99 |
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REMEMBEREDby a cousin,Diane whnl46a@prodigy.com |
The photos and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987. The special supplement was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Philadelphia Viet Nam Memorial.
From a native Philadelphian and Vietnam veteran, |
A Note from The Virtual WallPages 190-195 of Keith William Nolan's "Death Valley, The Summer Offensive I Corps, August 1969" contains a detailed account of an incident involving "A" Company, 4/31st Infantry:"The morning of August 22 ... Alpha 4-31 and Charlie 2-1 hiked towards Hill 102... Alpha Two under 2dLt Stephen Moore was on point... A tree line intersected their dike... Moore sent one squad around one side of it while he and his platoon sergeant went around the other with Holtzman's squad... a North Vietnamese killed him (Moore) at perhaps ten feet with an M79 to the chest... In moments the North Vietnamese had killed four men from the lead platoon and wounded four more."The four dead were
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