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ROBERT EUGENE VANDERGRIFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – November 30, 1969
Service recordRobert Eugene Vandergriff, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 11
- JAMES NORMAN ROYALSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
- DEAN RICHARD SHILLINGLance Corporal · November 30, 1969
- DENNIS SMITH JRCaptain · November 30, 1969
- RICHARD OGDEN WOLFEPetty Officer First Class · November 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY REA BURKSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 9
- DAVID LEONARD NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 10
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.