Veterans Listings for: VETERANS LAFOURCHE AND TERREBONNE PARISH, LA. Surname Z Last Modified and submitted: 25 Jul 2013 by Christine “Chris” Tidwell "CONTENTS OF THIS FILE HAVE BEEN UPDATED THROUGH:" 30 Jun 2013 Source: Much of the information contained in this Veterans file was researched, Processed, and formatted by Robert Looper (dec.), Brian Oster (dec.), Christine Tidwell, and Cynthia Daigle. In order to assure that the Veterans table that was being maintained on the La Societe des Cajuns Society website will continue to be available to users, it has been converted to a format that can be displayed on the GenWeb Archives sites for Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish by Christine Tidwell and Cynthia Daigle, with additional update information having been added by them and will be updated periodically. Please refer to the biographical section http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/biograph.htm for a short tribute to three men who had a desire to preserve and make available to those who follow, information about the history and life in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://theusgenweb.net/copyright.htm http://theusgenweb.net/la/lafiles.htm ============================================================================= Sources of Information: Cemetery records, enumeration, surveys and newspaper obituaries of deceased, parents or siblings. South LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) SouthWest LA Records by Rev. Donald Hebert (reference books) Diocese of Baton Rouge, Catholic Church Records (reference books) Diocese of New Orleans, Catholic Church Records (reference books) South LA Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogy Society (reference books) Social Security Death Index (Internet-several sources) Louisiana (or other state) Death Records (Internet or other sources) U.S. Federal Census (Internet or other sources) Find a Grave (internet) They Came They Stayed by Laise Marie Ledet. (internet) ============================================================================= Notes: Layout of file consists of the following information Line 1 – veterans name Line 2 & 3 is the veterans birth and death date. (if *** is found in lines 2 & 3 means that the date is unknown.) Line 4 – is the rank, type of military and unit Line 5 – is the cemetery if known. Conflicts exist between record sources. If there are conflicts, all records will be noted. These listings are intended to be used as an aid to genealogical research and are not intended as genealogical fact. These listings are not complete. ============================================================================= Different Wars and time periods: 1. 1900-1902 The Philippine Insurrection (aka Philippine War it really was an INSURRECTION as the Philippines were uprising against its new US rulers). 2. WWI (1917 for the US-1918). 3. WWII (1941-1945). 4. Korean War (1950-1953). 5. Vietnam War (1961-1975). 6. Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada-1983). 7. Operation Just Cause (Panama-1989). 8. Operation Desert Storm (Iraq-Jan/Feb 1991). 9. Operation Restore Hope (Somalia 1992/1993). 10. Operations in Bosnia (1995- ?). 11. Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan 2001- ) 12. Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq 2003- ) ============================================================================= Military Ranks: Refer to http://www.militaryfactory.com/ranks/index.asp Abbreviations: http://www.spanamwar.com/genealogy5abbrev.htm *** or (blank) = information not available ============================================================================= Note: Female Veterans if they are/were married their married name appears at the end of the Veterans name in ( ). Veterans surname will always appear first unless not given then the given name will be used. ============================================================================= Zelenka, Bernard Thomas 21 Dec 1902 10 Feb 1957 Capt US Navy WW II Garden of Memories - Gray __________________________________________________________________ Zelenka, Louis G. Jr. 24 Dec 1934 24 Jul 2008 Lt. Commander US Coast Guard Reserve Garden of Memories – Gray __________________________________________________________________ Zelenka, Rudolph Louis Jr. 6 Apr 1899 6 May 1994 US Navy WW I Garden of Memories – Gray __________________________________________________________________ Zeno, Alex 2 Feb 1891 31 Dec 1958 LA PVT 13 CO 155 Depot Brig WW I Halfway Cemetery – Gray __________________________________________________________________ Zerangue, Howard 7 Nov 1917 26 Jan 1995 CPL US Army WW II St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Alphonse Emile “Al” 1925 24 May 2006 US WW II Purple Heart St. Francis de Sales No. 2 – Houma __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Clarence Joseph 'Zeke' Sr. 9 Mar 1930 22 Jan 2004 CPL US Army Korean St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery – Kraemer __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Clifford Henry 18 Oct 1895 3 May 1957 US Army WW I Mus. 1 CL HQ Co. 141st FA St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Daniel V. 12 Jan 1928 3 May 1981 Cpl US Army Korean St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Darwin James 27 Feb 1930 11 Jun 1995 SSGT US Air Force Korea St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Felician 9 Jun 1895 24 Sep 1972 Pvt US Army WW I St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Joseph 15 Jan 1926 9 Jan 1987 Cpl US Army WW II St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Leroy J. 4 Oct 1926 13 Dec 2003 US St. Joseph - Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Lester G. 2 Apr 1921 12 Jul 2003 PFC US Army WW II Holy Savior – Lockport __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Octave F. Jr. 11 Mar 1920 7 Jan 1959 SF 2 US Naval Reserve WW II St. Mary - Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Paul 4 Apr 1918 2 Apr 2002 CPL US Army WW II St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Ralph David Sr. 23 Oct 1946 17 Jan 2007 (14 Jan 2007 per obit) 1LT US Army Vietnam St. Mary – Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Ralph Henry 6 Apr 1948 31 May 1969 (Vietnam) Sgt US Army Vietnam 1st PLT, A Co 1st BN 12th INF 4th Inf Div (From Raceland, La) __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Raymond Otto Sr. 5 Jun 1922 14 Mar 2001 TEC 4 US Army WW II St. Francis de Sales No. 2 – Houma __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Rita (Cobb) 28 Feb 1922 17 Feb 2006 TSGT US Army WW II – WAC Nursing Corp St. Eloi Cemetery – Bayou Dularge __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Sam J. Jr. 22 Feb 1937 18 Dec 2011 US Army St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery – Lafourche Crossing/Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Vila P. 22 Apr 1912 21 Jun 1998 TEC 5 US Army WW II Terrebonne Memorial Park - Houma __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Viltresse J. ‘Duke’ 18 Nov 1929 6 Jun 1998 US Air Force Memorial service in Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, Wallis J. Jr. 27 Jun 1921 18 Mar 2002 BM2 US Navy WW II St. Joseph – Thibodaux __________________________________________________________________ Zeringue, William D. 'Bill' Sr. 5 Jan 1945 15 Sep 1998 SGT US Army Vietnam St. Mary - Raceland __________________________________________________________________ Ziegler, Walter “Boogie” 1937 2 Aug 2004 US Army Cremated Native of New Orleans resident of Chauvin __________________________________________________________________ Ziepke, Paul F. 30 Aug 1943 14 Mar 1980 AIC US Air Force Vietnam St. Louis Cemetery – Bayou Blue __________________________________________________________________ Zink, Clinton Wesley 29 Mar 1925 15 Aug 1978 F2 US Navy WW II Holy Savior - Lockport __________________________________________________________________ Zuber, Luther William 21 Mar 1966 *** E 5 US Army Vietnam 523rd Port Eng.s __________________________________________________________________