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VINCENT VOSYLIUS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1946 – April 26, 1969
Service recordVincent Vosylius, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 58
- RICHARD LYNN TURLEYWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD WALKERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- BEVERLY COSTNER WARESpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
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.