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IVAN L VINCENT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1946 – August 24, 1968
Service recordIvan L Vincent JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 10
- JAMES WALLERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- RICHARD ALEXANDRA WARESpecialist Five · August 24, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE EDMUND HINES IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 3
- LEWIS NANCESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 6
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.