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ROBERT EDWARD VANDUSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – April 1, 1969
Service recordRobert Edward Vandusen, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 106
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 106
- RICHARD ALLEN THURSBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1969
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 1, 1969
- PAUL HAROLD ABRAHAMSergeant · April 2, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 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.