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GEORGE JEFFERSON VANGUNDY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1952 – April 19, 1971
Service recordGeorge Jefferson Vangundy, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 135
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
- Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-46 (6112)
- Born
- April 4, 1952
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 135
- JAMES ARTHUR WALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
- JAMES MELVIN CARDWELLCorporal · April 20, 1971
- ALBERT FRANK COASTLieutenant Colonel · April 20, 1971
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.