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VERNON WAYNE EAST
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordVernon Wayne East, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 91
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
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 91
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- RUSSELL DAVID FLANAGANPetty Officer Third Class · February 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH FRANKOWIAKSergeant · February 28, 1969
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.