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WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – October 30, 1969
Service recordWesley William Vermeesch, of Pierce, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Pierce, Idaho (Clearwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 6
- WILLIAM CHARLES LEGATPetty Officer First Class · October 30, 1969
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · October 30, 1969
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN SLAYMAKERSeaman · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 5
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 5
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.