HONORED ON PANEL 14E, LINE 31 OF THE WALL
FRANCIS JOHN ZINDA
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FRANCIS J ZINDA
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LEFT FOR FRANCIS JOHN ZINDA
POSTED ON 3.25.2023
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear PO1C Francis Zinda, Thank you for your service as a Radioman 1st Class on the USS BRISTER. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is spring and Lent. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 9.24.2017
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Ground Casualty
RM1 Francis J. Zinda was a radioman serving aboard the USS Brister (DER-327). He became ill and was medivacked to the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon, Gia Dinh Province, RVN, where on January 14, 1967, RM1 Zinda died as a result of acute renal failure and severe anemia. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
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POSTED ON 2.21.2014
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear RM1 Francis John Zinda, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
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POSTED ON 6.6.2013
POSTED BY: Ken Mischel
USS Brister WestPac Cruise
I was an 18 year old Fireman on the Brister. I remember very clearly seeing Zinda, looking very ill, waiting to leave the ship for some advanced medical care. I heard sometime later that he had died.
My sincere condolences to his family.
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