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JERRY WAYNE VANDEVENDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Vandevender, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 3
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 3
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · May 27, 1968
- CARL GENE WARDSergeant · May 27, 1968
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 3
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 8
- THOMAS HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 10
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- CHARLES GRAFFIOUS WARSINGSergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.