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ANDREW CHMIEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1948 – October 13, 1966
Service recordAndrew Chmiel, of Utica, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Utica, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 70
- CARL EUGENE GRONQUIST JRLieutenant · July 20, 1965
- DARIUS E BROWNSpecialist Five · October 13, 1966
- LARRY JAMES COXCorporal · October 13, 1966
- PHILLIP CARROL FOXPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH NIGROCorporal · October 13, 1966
From Utica
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · May 19, 1966
- PETER JOHN SCHUTZSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- WILFRIED BURCKCorporal · April 27, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT DELLVONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- GEORGE SAMUEL CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- HARRY GROVER KUNKLER IIISpecialist Five · June 11, 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.