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JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – April 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Daniel Vandivier, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 65
- PAUL EDWARD ANGERTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1970
- FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADOSergeant · April 28, 1970
- HUGHIE FRANKLIN SNIDERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1970
- RAYMOND PETER SUSICorporal · April 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RAY SANDLINCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 62
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 63
- FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
- RAYMOND PETER SUSICorporal · Panel 11W, Line 65
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.