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GEORGE VANDER DUSSEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – July 10, 1968
Service recordGeorge Vander Dussen, of Artesia, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Artesia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 9
- LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETTPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOY RAY KENDRICKSCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 10
From Artesia
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 5, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- DANIEL LEE POWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
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.