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ANDREW GILBERT ZISSU
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 2, 1940 – October 8, 1967
Service recordAndrew Gilbert Zissu, of New York, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 78
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 11 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- December 2, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAW 11 USS ORISKANY CVA 34”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 78
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- DAVID ERIC WIELANDFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- THOMAS WITHERSPOON JRStaff Sergeant · October 8, 1967
- DONALD FINDLING WOLFELieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAUL ANTONIO GUERRASeaman · Panel 27E, Line 71
- ROLAND ROBERT PINEAUChief Petty Officer · Panel 27E, Line 75
- NORMAN LEE ROGGOWLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 75
- DONALD FINDLING WOLFELieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 27E, Line 78
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.