MEMORIAL
BY DENNIS ESTES
PFC Clint A.
Zeitner, of Miles City, Montana, was seriously injured in a September
1, 1995, traffic accident on the Kyungbu Expressway, South Korea's main
north-south highway, while on duty as a money escort. He was
assigned to the 188th Military Police Company at Camp Walker/Camp Henry
in Taegu, S. Korea, 150 Miles south of Seoul. As a result of
those injuries, he died the following Thursday, September 7, 1995, at
the Dong Kuk University Hospital.
He was born
on December 7, 1975, in Miles City, Montana, the son of Howard Scott
and Melody (Heinze) Zeitner. Clint graduated from Sandy Creek
High School in Tyrone, Georgia in June of 1994, and entered the U.S.
Army in July of 1994. Following graduation from the Military
Police School, he reported to the 188th MP Co, 728th MP Battalion, 8th
MP Brigade. On November 27th, 1994, he was assigned to duty at
Camp Walker, Republic of Korea.
PFC
Zeitner's duty positions included: Patrolman, MK 19 Gunner, M203
Gunner, Platoon Leader's Driver and Platoon Communications
Specialist. His service awards include: National Defense
Medal, Overseas Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Army Accommodation Medal
and Korean Defense Medal.
Clint is
survived by his parents, Scott and Melody; two sisters, Wendy and
Chalice, and a brother, Brandon all of Miles City, Montana;
Grandparents, Irvin and Lorraine Zeitner of Helena, Montana, Mencel and
Eve Carey, of Red Lodge, Montana and Rachel Wildman, of Miles City,
Montana; Janet Atterbury of Guernsbury, Wyoming, Selma Harn of
Miles City, Montana, Alele Updike and Pearl both of Thermopolis,
Wyoming and numerous aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death
by his brother, Nicholas in December of 1982.