Ziss, Emil Roger
Marines Sergeant

Emil Roger Ziss, age 22, from Contra Costa County Concord, California .

Parents: Emil Ziss

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Richmond High graduate
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division

Date of death: Thursday, September 30, 1965
Death details: Killed when the squad he was leading was ambushed in a night patrol in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Pine Grove

Source: National Archives, Martinez News Gazette (1965)