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VORIN EDWIN WHAN JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 23, 1928 – February 7, 1968
Service recordVorin Edwin Whan JR, of Irondale, Alabama, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 23, 1928
- Home of record
- Irondale, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Bon Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 18
- ROBERT JAMES WEBBLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GORDON JOHN WETJENSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- ALBERT DEWELL WHITECorporal · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL FREDERICK CHARNETZKISergeant First Class · Panel 37E, Line 80
- HARMON L REMMEL IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 12
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.