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JACK ALAN VANWIEREN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1949 – February 28, 1970
Service recordJack Alan Vanwieren, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 69
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 69
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 1970
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1970
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN VAILLANCOURTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 68
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 69
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 69
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
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.