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JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1949 – March 1, 1968
Service recordJoe Wayne Vanderpool, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 26
- RICHARD JEFFREY PETRIESecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- RODOLFO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN HERBERT WHITE JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 25, 1969
- HOWARD MARK KOSLOSKYAirman · October 2, 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.