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EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN II
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
October 4, 1943 – December 2, 1969
Service recordEykel Martin D Vanden II, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 21
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1969
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 21
- FRAZIER THOMAS DIXONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- JOHN HARVEY FREYSecond Lieutenant · December 3, 1969
- CLARENCE MELVIN GATEWOODSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- CARL BRUCE RAYPrivate First Class · December 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 17
- WILLIAM DALE SANDERLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 18
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 20
- JONATHAN TOWNSENDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 20
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
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.