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4th Infantry Division
1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
CASUALTY REPORT
-- Personal --
| Last Name: | Vanbendegom |  |
| First Name: | James | |
| Middle Name: | Lee | |
| Home of Record (official): | Kenosha | |
| State (official): | WI | |
| Date of Birth: | Sunday, 28 November 1948 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Race: | Caucasian | |
| Marital Status: | Single |
-- Military --
| Branch: | Army |
| Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Serial Number: | 294500350 |
| Component: | Selective Service |
| Pay grade: | Promotion as indicated: During “missing” period E-3, then as an E-6 when declared dead |
| MOS: | 11B10 (Infantryman) |
| Awards: | Prisoner of War Medal; Purple Heart; Combat Infantry Badge |
| Unit: | Bravo Company |
-- Action --
| Start of Tour: | Unknown |
| Date of Casualty: | Wounded/captured 12 July 1967, died 31 July 1967 |
| Age at time of loss: | 18 |
| Casualty type: | (A4) Hostile, died while captured |
| Reason: | Unknown / Not reported (Ground casualty) |
| Country: | South Vietnam |
| Province: | Pleiku |
| Location: | YA 850131 |
| The Wall: | Panel 23E - Row 065 |