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WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Vangorder, of Markham, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Markham, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 16
- DAVID BERNARD TAYLORCorporal · June 21, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · June 21, 1968
- BOYD JAMES YOUNGBLOODPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT ZBOYOVSKIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
From Markham
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · December 19, 1968
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- WYMAN TRUVOY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- NAPOLEON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1971
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.