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ROBERT LYNN VANDERMUELEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – April 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Lynn Vandermuelen, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 6
- DOUGLAS GERALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- PEDRO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK WAGNERPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM COOPERSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 57
- EMERY NORMAN POITROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 5
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.