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MONTE EUGENE VANSKIKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – February 26, 1968
Service recordMonte Eugene Vanskike, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 45
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT D MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES TARINPrivate · February 26, 1968
- TERRY LEE VINGESpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 42
- JOHN LEONARD STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 44
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.