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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Schuyler Vanduyne.

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ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNE

First Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 21, 1930 – May 11, 1966

Service record

Robert Schuyler Vanduyne, of Beverly Hills, California, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7E · Line 50

Position of Panel 7E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
First Sergeant (1SG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
February 21, 1930
Home of record
Beverly Hills, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 11, 1966
Age
36
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 7E, Line 50

Same unit, same day

From Beverly Hills

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.