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EDWARD LEE VANDERPOOL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1947 – December 24, 1968
Service recordEdward Lee Vanderpool, of Beattyville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 74
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Beattyville, Kentucky (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 74
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · December 24, 1968
- AMBROSE P TANASSO JRPrivate First Class · December 24, 1968
- GEORGE LUBOMYR TATARYNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1968
- ALBERT GAMALIEL VINSONCorporal · December 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ALLEN BORLANDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 71
From Beattyville
- JIMMY HARRISSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DARIUS E BROWNSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · May 5, 1968
- HARRY E BATESSpecialist Five · December 8, 1968
- JAKE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES OAKSPrivate First Class · November 28, 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.