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WILLIAM H VANGELDER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1949 – August 15, 1970
Service recordWilliam H Vangelder JR, of Waterloo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Waterloo, New York (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 116
- ELVIN JAMES JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1970
- BILLY NEAL JOHNSTON JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- STEVEN ROBERT OTTLance Corporal · August 16, 1970
- ROBERTIS PINKNEYSpecialist Four · August 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN CHARLES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 113
- BRIAN JOHN BENNETTSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 114
From Waterloo
- STEPHEN ROBERT WHITECorporal · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE HENRY KINGSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
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.