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JOHN JOSEPH VARDNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 14, 1951 – June 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Vardner, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 41
- CLYDE DOUGLAS SANDERSCorporal · June 10, 1970
- RONALD WAYNE SIPKASergeant · June 10, 1970
- BIRCH UDELL STEMMONSSergeant · June 10, 1970
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARION BRYAN ANDLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 36
- JAMES MIKE DAVISCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 37
- JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 39
- EDWIN THOMAS WINTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 42
- SHOJIRO YAMASHITASergeant · Panel 9W, Line 42
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.