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ANDREW HORVATH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – March 22, 1967
Service recordAndrew Horvath, of Manville, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Manville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 20
- JOSEPH DANIEL HURTASergeant · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS KAUFFERSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE BRENWALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 17
- CALVIN DWIGHT MABERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 21
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17E, Line 22
- PAUL EUGENE REAMSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 23
- GEORGE BERNARD RUSNAKCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 24
From Manville
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MARTINEAUPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS DUDASHColonel · April 26, 1967
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.