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ANDREW JOHN ELLIOTT
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
November 30, 1941 – June 9, 1970
Service recordAndrew John Elliott, of Oakland, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 9, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 32
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 9, 1970
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 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 9W, Line 32
- WILSON DAVISSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- SARKIS DERVISHIANSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- TIMOTHY FLOYD FEWELLPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN CHISKOStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 31
- STEVEN LOUIS DOBRYSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 32
- ELMER LEO KEASLINGCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 34
- JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 34
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 34
- LOWELL EDWIN MOONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 34
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.