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STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – June 19, 1969
Service recordStephen Dennis Vandyke, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 94
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 94
- RONALD EARL SIMPSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLAN VOSSSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ALBERT CHARLES WALL JRStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT ALWYN WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 84
- CARL JOSEPH BIEKERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- THOMAS JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- GARY WILLIAM CARLSONCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 85
- LARRY RAY CLARKSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 85
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 87
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 90
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 93
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.