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JAMES ROBERT VANHATTEM
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Vanhattem, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 77
- OLIVER NATHANIEL THOMPSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- JOHN DAVID WALKERCaptain · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE ANDRESENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 72
- JAMES RICKEY LINDSAYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 75
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
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.