Name: 1LT Glenn John Zamorski
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/11/1968 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 25.7
Date of Birth: 10/05/1942
Home City: Elizabeth, NJ
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-164
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 58W-031
Short Summary: Hit by friendly artillery fire at 500 feet, N of Da Nang while carrying a sling load. Crashed inverted. Copilot D.N.T.Jones survived.
Aircraft: CH-46A tail number 150960
Service number: 0101586
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Friendly Fire
Started Tour: 10/18/1967
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew
Length of service: 04
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: ST GERTRUDES CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLONIA, NJ
This record was last updated on 01/09/1997
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