David Hartzler Zook Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit5th Air Commando Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromWest Liberty Ohio
Date of DeathOctober 4 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Colonel Zook was a member of the 5th Air Commando Squadron. On October 4, 1967, he was the pilot of a Super Courier (U10B) on a mission 5 miles west of Ben Cat, Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on June 18, 1992 and identified on May 23, 2008. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.