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JOHN KIM VOGELSANG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1945 – June 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Kim Vogelsang, of St Louis Park, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis Park, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 94
- MELVIN ELIJAH WHITESpecialist Five · June 6, 1969
- ALEX JIM ALVAREZSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- ALLEN ROBERT AMBROGISergeant · June 7, 1969
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOHN ROBERT BRAGGSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- JOSEPH BRESKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 83
- WILLIAM LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 83
- GARY ALLEN JONESSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- JAMES FREDERICK PUARIEASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SHARPSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 92
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 93
From St Louis Park
- EDWARD DAVID LARSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN ILSTRUP JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- GORDON DAVID WALENSKYLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
- JAMES ROBERT WEISLERSergeant · October 2, 1969
- STEVEN DALE PLATHPrivate · March 28, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 29, 1971
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.