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ANDREW CASTRO GUERRERO
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 16, 1951 – December 17, 1970
Service recordAndrew Castro Guerrero, of Midland, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 127
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 127
- RAYMOND JOSEPH FLYNN JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1970
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · December 17, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSergeant First Class · December 17, 1970
- FERENC JOHN RAMMSergeant · December 17, 1970
From Midland
- IRBY DYER IIISergeant · December 2, 1966
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.