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DAVID R VORENKAMP
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1949 – July 2, 1969
Service recordDavid R Vorenkamp, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 49
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
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 49
- DANIEL BERNARD SINNOTTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- DONALD LEE TOVEYSergeant First Class · July 2, 1969
- EDWARD LARUE WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1969
- JIM ALLEN WRAYSergeant · July 2, 1969
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 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.