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ANDREW CURRIE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1945 – July 4, 1967
Service recordAndrew Currie, of Brownsville, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 1
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 1
- PHILIP CHARLES CRAIGCommander · July 4, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- CECIL F DIXONSpecialist Five · July 4, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS FEE JRHospitalman · July 4, 1967
From Brownsville
- WILLIE COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
- LARRY ADRIAN LANDCorporal · March 6, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS HAAKLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
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.