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VERNON DAVEY SOUTHERLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1943 – August 17, 1969
Service recordVernon Davey Southerland, of Summerville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 56
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Summerville, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 56
- RONALD WILLIAM PANNOCorporal · August 17, 1969
- MATTHEW PETERSONCorporal · August 17, 1969
- CLIFFORD SEALSCorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD DEAN TILLERYPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1969
From Summerville
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RALPH PATRICKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1969
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
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.