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EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordEdward Paul Vandervort, of Daly City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 60
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Daly City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 60
- STEPHEN CHRISTIAN WALKERSpecialist Four · February 4, 1969
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- RAY LYNN GOODPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
From Daly City
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MOLOSSILance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD KOLLMANNCommander · March 12, 1968
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN CLIFFORDSecond Lieutenant · May 26, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- HENRY DANIEL BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 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.