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VICTOR LEE DEFOOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1950 – July 10, 1970
Service recordVictor Lee Defoor, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 7
- JOE B DELAPHIANOLance Corporal · July 10, 1970
- PAUL JERRY FOUCHESpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
- ROGER DALE HARTNESSCorporal · July 10, 1970
- DANIEL RICHARD HIVELYSergeant · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK JOHN BOHANPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 6
- DANIEL RICHARD HIVELYSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 7
- ROY ALBERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 8
- FREDRICK CAROL RAYMOND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 8
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 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.