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HARRY MELBORN VANDIVER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1950 – November 30, 1971
Service recordHarry Melborn Vandiver JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 81
- ROBERT LEE WYNNPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
- STEPHEN CHARLES RUBYStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1971
- BERT OTTO LAWRENCESpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
- JOSEPH BERNARD ZIELSpecialist Four · November 30, 1971
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.