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MARC GREGORY VANDALSEM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordMarc Gregory Vandalsem, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 37
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT SKELTONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- FREDERICK DALE STEPHENSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 30
- HUGH MOZELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 31
- SIEGFRIED LOUIS GRAEBNERCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 31
- DAVID BRUCE KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 33
- GERALD DENNIS KIESLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- ROGER DALE SHAFERSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 36
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 36
- VALENTINE TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 36
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 37
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 37
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.