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ALEX VICTOR VARDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1947 – March 10, 1970
Service recordAlex Victor Vardy, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 108
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 108
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · March 10, 1970
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY STRUSSLance Corporal · March 10, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT ALAMED JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 102
- BILLY JOEL GREAVUSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- LEONARD KELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 105
- BYRON MATTHEW RICHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 106
- PAUL ALLEN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 106
- LAWRENCE HAROLD SANTINACSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 107
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.