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WARKER RICHARD L VANDE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 3, 1944 – May 5, 1970
Service recordWarker Richard L Vande, of Eau Claire, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 107
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Eau Claire, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 107
- ROSCOE SYBERTSergeant First Class · May 5, 1970
- JIMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate · May 5, 1970
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · May 5, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR WHITESergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- LARRY DANIEL BUFFINGTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- FRANCISCO TERONI CARVAJALStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 102
- WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 103
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 103
- TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURNCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 104
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- IVORY LEE MCKINNEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 105
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 107
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.