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THOMAS LESLIE VENDELIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – March 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Leslie Vendelin, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 33
- DONALD JAMES SPATAFOREPrivate · March 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYKSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- KENNETH LAWRENCE WATSONSergeant · March 13, 1969
- CYRIL THOMAS YECKLEYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PRICE FULLERTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 29
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
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.