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CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1949 – May 27, 1969
Service recordClaude Richard Vanandel, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 4
- DONALD YOUNG SCARBERRYSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · May 27, 1969
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
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.