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VERNON E WHETHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1942 – November 30, 1967
Service recordVernon E Whetham, of Glasgow, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 19
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Montana (Valley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 19
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- LIBERT JAMES WELDON JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- WILLIAM D WILSONSpecialist Five · November 30, 1967
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.