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CURTIS GLENN VANWINKLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1943 – July 12, 1971
Service recordCurtis Glenn Vanwinkle, of Stanford, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 106
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Stanford, Kentucky (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 106
- THOMAS TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- DANIEL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUKOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 11, 1971
- LANCE DAVIS WORKMANFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.