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ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – November 28, 1968
Service recordAndrew James Toporcer JR, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 2
- JOHN HAROLD ROACHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- FERDINAND STROYESpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- WALTER STUCKEYSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY JOHN LACOSSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 82
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 82
- WALTER STUCKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 2
From Ozone Park
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1971
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.