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JOHN WILLIAM VANCLAKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1946 – January 23, 1967
Service recordJohn William Vanclake, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 71
- ARTHUR LEE DANCYPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- DONALD GLENN PEDDICORDPetty Officer First Class · January 23, 1967
- GUINN JUNELL ROGERSCaptain · January 23, 1967
- MICHAEL VITACCOSpecialist Four · January 23, 1967
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.