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ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 1, 1938 – November 18, 1969
Service recordAndrew Gregory Kirchmayer, of Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 93
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 93
- ALAN BRADFORD TURNERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH HARTMANSergeant · November 18, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RAGSDALESpecialist Four · November 18, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SCHARESPrivate First Class · November 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE BURRISSSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 92
- KANJI YOSHINOSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 94
From Ft Atkinson
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · May 12, 1966
- TERRENCE DANIEL BECKLance Corporal · December 20, 1967
- GARY WENDELL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- LARRY ALAN SMITHSergeant · April 16, 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.