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JOHN JOSEPH VENNARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1933 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Joseph Vennard, of Albany, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- November 30, 1933
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 34
- JAMES THOMAS SUTTONLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES VICKS JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.