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CORNELIS A VANDERSTERREN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 20, 1948 – September 13, 1968
Service recordCornelis A Vandersterren, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 54
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 54
- EDWARD KENNETH RYANSergeant · September 13, 1968
- GARY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- JOSEPH ALVIN VENABLESergeant Major · September 13, 1968
- JAMES DILLON WARDLOWPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- OTTO ROBERT ENSSLINCorporal · April 22, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 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.