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JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECK
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 25, 1928 – July 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Vanvleck, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 23
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 25, 1928
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 23
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- DARRYL ELDRIDGE SAUNDERSLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN SLATTERYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN SULLIVANSergeant · July 6, 1967
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.