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ANDRE ROLAND LATESSA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1948 – August 18, 1967
Service recordAndre Roland Latessa, of North Westport, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- March 18, 1948
- Home of record
- North Westport, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 12
- RONALD EUGENE GERWIGLance Corporal · August 18, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES IMRIESpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- THOMAS R KELLEYSpecialist Four · August 18, 1967
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
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.