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ANDREW JACOB WANG
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 9, 1946 – June 2, 1968
Service recordAndrew Jacob Wang, of Johnston, Rhode Island, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 2, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 18
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Av Boatswain's Mate (Acft Handling) (ABH)
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 18
- MICHAEL PAUL MINEHANLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW WASHBURNSergeant · June 2, 1968
From Johnston
- RONALD EARL BLAKESpecialist Four · June 10, 1965
- ALPHONSE JOSEPH MACCHIONICorporal · May 30, 1968
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.