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ALBERT JACOB VANDERHAAG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – December 20, 1970
Service recordAlbert Jacob Vanderhaag, of Grant, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Grant, Michigan (Newaygo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 135
- ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKICorporal · December 21, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY PACIOAirman First Class · December 21, 1970
- VERNON RAY ANDERSON JRSpecialist Five · December 22, 1970
- TONY HOWARD MYERSSpecialist Four · December 22, 1970
From Grant
- TEODORO SANTELLANPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- JAMES LEE CRANDELLCorporal · November 22, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.