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WILBUR JOSEPH VACHON III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – July 17, 1969
Service recordWilbur Joseph Vachon III, of Portland, Maine, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 12
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 12
- LESLIE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- DANIEL MORELAND SHEEHANSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- ROBERT JAY SLANAKERSpecialist Four · July 17, 1969
- JONATHAN R VARSWarrant Officer 1 · July 17, 1969
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 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.