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PATRICK FRA VANDUYNHOVEN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1946 – April 11, 1968
Service recordPatrick Fra Vanduynhoven, of Blooming Grove, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 27
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Blooming Grove, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 27
- JAMES ARTHUR DILLPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- DAVID MARLOW TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
- JAMES C WOODCorporal · April 11, 1968
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.