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ANDREW BATTIEST
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – June 25, 1968
Service recordAndrew Battiest, of Calipatria, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Calipatria, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 32
- JOSE HERIBERTO RAMIREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DONALD LEROY WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- HARVEY CHARLES ADDISONWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OTHA DOUGLAS GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 34
From Calipatria
- KENNETH WAYNE WOLFEPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 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.