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JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJoseph Tommy Vandevender, of Newport, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Newport, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 18
- MICHAEL PAUL MINEHANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- ANDREW JACOB WANGPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW WASHBURNSergeant · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE GERALD POESergeant · Panel 61W, Line 15
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 16
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE STROHMPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 17
From Newport
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANEStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD GREENE JRSergeant · June 22, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 1971
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.