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HEUVEL DAVID F VANDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – March 2, 1969
Service recordHeuvel David F Vanden, of West De Pere, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- West De Pere, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 17
- RAYMOND EARL TOLSMAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- WALTER BUSILL TULLY JRMajor · March 2, 1969
- JOHN EDMOND WALTERSCorporal · March 2, 1969
- JASPER MARION ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN ROBERT ESTESCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 11
- EDWARD LEE GILLIARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
From West De Pere
- MIKAL JAMES SULLIVANLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- DENNIS JOSEPH GREENSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.