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DEWITT STANLEY VANCE
Captain · U.S. Army
October 4, 1942 – December 17, 1969
Service recordDewitt Stanley Vance, of Alma, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1969, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 68
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Adjutant Or Adjutant General (2110)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Alma, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 68
- WILLIAM ROBERT SPILLERSLieutenant Colonel · December 17, 1969
- WILLARD EARL SPIVEYCorporal · December 17, 1969
- THOMAS T TOMSICSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- RICHARD EARL WESTFALLPrivate First Class · December 17, 1969
From Alma
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WESLEY ROY POTTERCorporal · January 20, 1969
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- LENARD F MOEGGENBORGCorporal · August 24, 1969
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.