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JOHN WILLIAM VASILOPULOS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1945 – December 16, 1967
Service recordJohn William Vasilopulos, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 13
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- HARLEY ROY STANDRIDGECorporal · December 16, 1967
- JAMES TIMOTHY TAYLORLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BERRIOSSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 7
- LARRY KILITO BILONTACorporal · Panel 32E, Line 7
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 10
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.