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JOSEPH ROBERT VANDEHEI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordJoseph Robert Vandehei, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 85
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 85
- WILLIAM WARNER UTTSCorporal · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- LORING WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- JACKIE JOE WEBBCorporal · March 19, 1969
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.