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JOHN PHILLIP VANDUSEN
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1948 – September 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Phillip Vandusen, of Johnson City, New York, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 50
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utilitiesman (UT)
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Johnson City, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 50
- RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARDPrivate · September 20, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERCorporal · September 20, 1968
- JOSEPH KENT WOLFEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1968
From Johnson City
- WILLIAM CHARLES BULMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN MAREKSpecialist Five · August 30, 1968
- RICHARD CARL SCHMIDTStaff Sergeant · January 5, 1970
- THOMAS DRUMSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
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.