U.S. Marine Corps

Adam O. Zanutto

November 6, 1979 to March 6, 2006

Adam O. Zanutto attended Piute Mountain School and graduated from Foothill High School in 1998. He later studied criminal justice at Bakersfield College. His desire to join the Marine Corps intensified after the September 11 attacks, and he enlisted in 2002. Stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms, Zanutto served three tours in Iraq as an infantry machine gunner, later earned an EMT certificate, and became a squad leader. He served with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. Zanutto died on March 6, 2006.

Unit

3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Portrait Sponsor

Congressman Vince Fong