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DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1947 – February 25, 1967
Service recordDavid Franklin Vandercook, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 92
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 92
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN WADEStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- JOHN MALCOLM ZELENICKSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.