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VERNON EUGENE DEPEW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1945 – May 20, 1967
Service recordVernon Eugene Depew, of Forks, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 57
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Forks, Washington (Clallam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 57
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD RAY ELLISPetty Officer Third Class · May 20, 1967
- KARL FRIEDRICK ERBCaptain · May 20, 1967
From Forks
- NORMAN ELLIOTT LODHOLMPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.