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VENANCIO VERA
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – August 2, 1969
Service recordVenancio Vera, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 90
- DAVID TORRESLance Corporal · August 2, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- CARL RAY WARD JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- ALLAN T YOUNGKRANS JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY CONRAD JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 86
- GERALD STEPHEN LOTRIDGECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 87
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 88
- CARL RAY WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
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.