Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 29-Nov-1946
Hometown: Bayside, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 9-Apr-1967
Incident date: 29-Jan-1968
Date of casualty: 29-Jan-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Ground casualty.
John Peter Zielinski died from wound received while on guard duty when engaged hostile force in firefight.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA
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