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ALLEN WALTER VANDERHOOF
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – May 21, 1968
Service recordAllen Walter Vanderhoof, of Dover, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Dover, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 3
- ZBIGNIEW JOHN TOMASZEWSKIHospitalman · May 21, 1968
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WALTHALLPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BILLINGS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 11
- GEORGE ELWOOD TONGENPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 3
From Dover
- HARLAN CARL RILKCorporal · September 16, 1967
- ROBERT ERNEST SIPESpecialist Five · September 23, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BRICE JRSergeant · May 27, 1968
- JOHN B PETERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
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.