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CLEVELAND VINES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1939 – May 21, 1966
Service recordCleveland Vines, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 21, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 100
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- LONNIE CLIFFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH CANALESPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT H CRUM JRSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1966
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- WILLIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
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.