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DEPUY RAYMOND VANKEUREN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1945 – August 22, 1965
Service recordDepuy Raymond Vankeuren, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Emmaus, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 65
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- FELIZ PERRISLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD CRONKPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- KYLE HENRY HATCHETTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
From Emmaus
- WALTER FRANK ORLEYLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES HENSINGERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
- ARLEN JAY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT FREW CONTIFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1969
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.