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VERNON BERNABE VENEGAS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1948 – January 8, 1968
Service recordVernon Bernabe Venegas, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 2
- ARNOLD HOSEA SULLIVANSergeant · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE VAUGHTLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WATSONLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
From Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOONLance Corporal · July 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.