John Robert Vanderzicht
Lance Corporal
1ST PLT, D CO, 11TH ENG BN, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Pompano Beach, Florida
November 04, 1946 to September 09, 1967
JOHN R VANDERZICHT is on the Wall at Panel 26E, Line 40

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Combat Action Ribbon
 
John R Vanderzicht
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03 Jan 2003

Eternal Father, grant, we pray,
To all Marines, both night and day,
The courage, honor, strength, and skill
Their Land to serve, thy law fulfill;
Be thou the shield forevermore
From every peril to the Corps.
REMEMBERED
by the men of the
11th Engineer Battalion

 
A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 11th Engineer Battalion's Command Chronology for September 1967 contains the following entry:

"9 Sept 1967: At 0945H, "D" Company's sweep team was ambushed on Route 1, YD215725 by small arms, mortar, and hand grenades. This action resulted in 3 KIAs and 7 WIAs to the sweep team plus 1 KIA and 3 WIAs on the Army's supporting truck mounted quad 50 machine gun."

The four men who were killed were

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