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ANDREW BOWMAN SEXTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – November 8, 1969
Service recordAndrew Bowman Sexton, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 47
- EDWARD THOMAS REYESCorporal · November 8, 1969
- GERALD SAUERSSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- THOMAS FREDERICK SHIPLEYSergeant · November 8, 1969
- ROGER PAUL WALLINGPrivate First Class · November 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LYLE ADAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 44
- RONALD WARREN GIBSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 45
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 45
- GERALD SAUERSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 47
- ARIEL JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 48
- RODNEY CARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 48
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.