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MARK EDWARD VANDERHEID
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1949 – June 28, 1968
Service recordMark Edward Vanderheid, of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 8
- JOHN HOUSTON BAKERCorporal · June 28, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JOHN RANDOLPH COOPER JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
From Tonawanda
- KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 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.