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MARK ALAN VANBEUKERING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1951 – October 9, 1969
Service recordMark Alan Vanbeukering, of Grand Haven, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 9, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Grand Haven, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 59
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
- STEVIE TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- FRED ROBERT THORPEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- LEON TRECINSKISpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
From Grand Haven
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HODALSergeant Major · March 4, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN GOFFPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- SCOTTY GENE AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- CHARLES DONALD MATHEWSSpecialist Four · September 12, 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.