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ANDREW CARL BRUCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1945 – April 4, 1967
Service recordAndrew Carl Brucher, of Smallwood, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Smallwood, New York (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 97
- MILFORD DONAVIN CARTERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- VERNON R BAKERPrivate · April 4, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 98
- JAMES KAHILILAUIN LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 99
- JIMMY JOE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 100
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.