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REX ALAN VOGELPOHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1949 – January 11, 1971
Service recordRex Alan Vogelpohl, of Butler, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Butler, Indiana (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 41
- RICHARD LEONARD RUSHLOWSergeant · January 11, 1971
- JOSE RAMON SANDOVALCorporal · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM ELLIS STRACNERLance Corporal · January 11, 1971
- FRANCIS JOSEPH THORPEGunnery Sergeant · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 39
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · Panel 5W, Line 39
From Butler
- EVERETT DAVISLance Corporal · March 13, 1968
- JOHN BYRON SMITHHospitalman · August 29, 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.