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VINCENT CARMEN BOURDEAU
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
July 16, 1947 – November 4, 1966
Service recordVincent Carmen Bourdeau, of Hudson Falls, New York, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 4, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hudson Falls, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 25
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- GARY DOUGLAS TACKETTFireman · November 4, 1966
- HOWARD LESLIE WALKERSergeant · November 4, 1966
- GARY PATTERSON WRATTENMajor · November 4, 1966
From Hudson Falls
- MICHAEL PETER CARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1967
- RODERICK WAYNE BREAULTCorporal · November 29, 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.