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VENTER BLYTHE NOEL VANDE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – April 1, 1970
Service recordVenter Blythe Noel Vande, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Broadcast Journalist (71R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 77
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- CASEY OWEN WALLERSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DAVID WELCHCorporal · April 1, 1970
- CLIFTON P WHEELHOUSE JRSergeant · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- OTTO JAMES DRAKENCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 67
- DAVID HENRY LASSENSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 70
- PHILIP JON STEMPERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 75
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 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.