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ROBERT LESTER VANGIESON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 21, 1947 – March 12, 1967
Service recordRobert Lester Vangieson, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 71
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 67
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1969
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.