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ANDREAS MCCURRY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1946 – July 4, 1967
Service recordAndreas McCurry, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 4
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G BTRY 29 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 4
- THOMAS JAKE JONESLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- ARTHUR LANTEIGNELance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT LUNSFORDLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOSEPH MARVINPrivate · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD RALPH PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 6
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 6
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
- EMIL GEORGE MEGIVERONPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.