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JOHN WILTON VANDEVENTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 4, 1942 – April 23, 1967
Service recordJohn Wilton Vandeventer, of Burlington, Vermont, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 23, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Burlington, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 77
- CHARLES JOSEPH TIGHELieutenant Colonel · April 23, 1967
- GARY MAX WELCHLance Corporal · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
From Burlington
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN BAILEYCaptain · March 22, 1969
- BERNARD FREDRICK RITCHIELance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · September 3, 1969
- HARMON JOSEPH BOVE JRCorporal · 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.