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DOUGLAS LEE VANDE-VEGTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – April 5, 1969
Service recordDouglas Lee Vande-Vegte, of Lakewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 22
- LARRY RIEK RIEKENSergeant · April 5, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- CHUCK MICHAEL STADELPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN COLLINS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 16
- LAWRENCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 16
- CHUCK MICHAEL STADELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 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.