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VAN VERNON TRANTHAM III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1943 – August 7, 1967
Service recordVan Vernon Trantham III, of Mccomb, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Mccomb, Mississippi (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 89
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- ALLEN RUDOLPH VILKASSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- NARVIN OTTO WITTMAN JRLance Corporal · August 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT ANELIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 85
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HINESSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- RICHARD T MCANDREW JRSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 88
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 88
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 88
From Mccomb
- PATRICK MICKAEL MCKENNEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- LOUIS WILSON COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWSLance Corporal · March 26, 1970
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.