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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.
      • January 8 » World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
      • January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
      • March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
      • April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
      • August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
      • December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

    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 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
      • April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
      • July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
      • August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
      • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
      • October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
    

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