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Death:
Nov. 1, 1969
Tam Kỳ, Vietnam

John, the son of John Edward Vandenberg Sr. and Bertha Anne Vandenberg of Grand Rapids MI, enlisted in the US Navy on April 27, 1966 in Detroit MI.

Arriving in Vietnam, HM2 Vandenberg was assigned to H&S Company, attached to Company I, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.

In the early morning hours a figure was spotted outside the Company I perimeter southwest of Hill 270 and was challenged by a sentry, he did not respond to the challenge and appeared ducking behind some brush. The sentry opened fire at the dark figure, a subsequent search of the area revealed that HM2 Vandenberg, a USN Corpsman had sustained mortal wounds to his head, from the sentry's rifle fire.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Edward Jr Vandenberg

Adrian Vandenberg
1889-1974
Susan Andre
1894-1971
(Not public)

John Edward Jr Vandenberg
1945-1969


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    Historical events

    Birthday June 19, 1945

    • The temperature on June 19, 1945 was between 7.4 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • February 23 » World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
      • April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
      • May 1 » World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.
      • May 5 » World War II: The German surrender at Lüneburg Heath becomes effective, encompassing all German armed forces opposing the 21st Army Group in northwestern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
      • May 29 » First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
      • June 20 » The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.

    Day of death November 1, 1969

    • The temperature on November 1, 1969 was between 9.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
      • April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
      • May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
      • June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
      • August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
      • September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
    

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