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ANDRES BALAI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1930 – December 16, 1968
Service recordAndres Balai, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 28
- DEAN FRANCIS SPAULDING JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BISHOPPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- RENE ARMAND BOISSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 28
- ROBERT NEIL SANDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 31
- CEDRICK LOUVANE SMARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 31
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1969
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.