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DIETER RUDOLF VATER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordDieter Rudolf Vater, of La Mesa, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 5
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
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- La Mesa, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 5
- EDDIE EUGENE SPRADLINSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SYNODPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 1968
- ANTHONY RICHARD TORCIVIAPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
From La Mesa
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- DOUGLAS BRUCE BAUMSergeant · November 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINAPOLISeaman · December 23, 1967
- JAMES PEYTON CROOKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- PHILLIP DOUGLAS LAFRAMBOISEStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- CRAIG HABERLEINSergeant · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WAYNE PREVOSTSpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
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.