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VICTOR PAUL CASSMEYER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – September 9, 1969
Service recordVictor Paul Cassmeyer JR, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 60
- SCOTT NEAL STANTONSergeant · September 8, 1969
- MARVIN JUSTIN TAYLORSergeant · September 8, 1969
- JEFFREY BORRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT BOXPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE VESTER MERCHANTSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 62
- DONALD EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 62
- JAMES RALPH MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 62
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
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.