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Last Address China Lake, California
Date of Passing May 25, 2009
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ZIELKE, DANIEL B
US NAVY
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/05/1943
DATE OF DEATH: 05/25/2009
BURIED AT:
DESERT MEMORIAL PARK
216 SOUTH NORMA STREET RIDGECREST, CA 93555
(760) 375-8814
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Riedgecrest, CA resident Daniel "Zeke" Zielke passed away Monday, 25 May 2009.
Zeke was born 5 Aug 1943 in Cleveland, OH. He earned his high school diploma from Hiram High School in 1960 and joined the Navy in 1961. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and was awarded a Purple Heart. He was discharged from the Navy in 1982
He moved from Garrettsville, OH to Ridgecrest in 1983, and went to work for NAWCWD, China Lake, CA as a computer specialist, retiring in 2005.
He is survived by his wife, Martha Zielke of Ridgecrest, CA; daughters Kristy Zielke of Reno, NV; and Sara Zielke of Las Vegas, NV; sister Roslyn Campbell and husband Wilbert of Garrettsville, OH; brother Calvin Zielke of Las Vegas; nieces Patty Campbell, Brenda Reiner and Sasha Reiner of Garrettsville; nephew Sandor Reiner of Garresttville.
Published in The Daily Independent, Ridgecrest, CA 27 May 2009.
Arrangements provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary, Ridgecrest, CA.
Vietnam War/Consolidation II Campaign (71-72)
From Month/Year
December / 1971
To Month/Year
March / 1972
Description This Campaign was from 1 December 1971 to 29 March 1972. The allies completed the last major phase of the ACTOVLOG program in early 1972 when the Vietnamese Navy took over the former centers of American naval power in South Vietnam, the Logistic Support Bases at Nha Be, Binh Thuy, Cam Ranh Bay, and Danang. The Navy's other Vietnamization projects lasted until the total withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam in March 1973. Construction and turnover of the last of 16 coastal radar sites (one on board a station ship) was completed in August 1972. Further, COMNAVFORV erected over 4,500 shelters for Vietnamese Navy personnel and their families. American planners hoped these better living conditions would strengthen the morale of Vietnamese sailors. U.S. personnel completely restructured and streamlined the allied navy's supply system, with special attention devoted to the Naval Supply Center at Saigon. After an intensive $8 million effort with the help of American civilians, the Naval Advisory Group improved management procedures, developed a skilled work force, and modernized the industrial plant at the Saigon Naval Shipyard. By early 1972, the Vietnamese facility had finished building 58 ferrocement junks, reconditioned hundreds of newly acquired river craft, and achieved the ability to overhaul all of the Vietnamese Navy's seagoing ships in-country, a major goal of the advisory program.
