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NORMAN JAMES VANDERSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – November 25, 1967
Service recordNorman James Vanderski, of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 86
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 584 ENG CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Egg Harbor City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 86
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- ROBERT LUCIAN MLYNARSKISecond Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY SEARFUSCommander · November 25, 1967
From Egg Harbor City
- ARENA RICHARD M DELLSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · April 17, 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.