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JOHN EDWARD VANDENBERG JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 19, 1945 – November 1, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Vandenberg JR, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 16
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 16
- JOHNNY DEWEY VOLLRATHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- GILBERT EARL WALLACEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1969
- DONALD GENE WEHRSergeant · November 1, 1969
- DAVID FRANCIS ABBOTTSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
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.