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DEANE S VANDYKE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1944 – April 28, 1966
Service recordDeane S Vandyke JR, of Delmont, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Delmont, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 6
- JERRY WILLIE RAY SANKSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- STEPHEN CHARLES VALLIEREPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH VICTORYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- MICHAEL HENRY BALLSpecialist Five · April 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN A BULPITTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 4
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 5
- MOSES CALVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 5
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.