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ANDREW CARNEGI STRONG III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1951 – June 1, 1971
Service recordAndrew Carnegi Strong III, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 62
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 62
- ROBERT DALE MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · June 1, 1971
- JAMES RUSSELL SAXONFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- MARK RANDALL TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DEAN ROBERT ISAACSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 61
- LEON JEROME JACKSONSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 61
- EDWARD ALEC WERMANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.