The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Paul M. Zielinski
Rank
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
Date of Death
January 21, 1954
Private First Class Zielinski was a member of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. On January 21, 1954 while participating in the movement of 14,000 Chinese ex-prisoners of war to Formosa, he was aboard Army Landing Craft Medium (LCM 5195). It collided with Landing Ship Tank (LST 456) in Inchon Harbor, South Korea causing his craft to overturn. He and 27 other Marines perished.