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JOHN VANDRIESSCHE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 6, 1942 – May 7, 1966
Service recordJohn Vandriessche, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 39
- HERMANDO SANCHEZ MOYASergeant · May 7, 1966
- GILBERT BYRON BUSHSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.