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DARRELL VERNON VANCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordDarrell Vernon Vance, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 14
- DANIEL JOHN TABABOO JRCorporal · May 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JOE L WARELance Corporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 59E, Line 4
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.