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JON FRANCIS VANDUYN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordJon Francis Vanduyn, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 55
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 55
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SMITHHospitalman · April 8, 1968
- BILLY JOE VICKERSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM OSCAR WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 54
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- FRANKLIN LEROY KOCHFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
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.