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ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 1, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordAndrew John Kiefhaber, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 7
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · February 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH KENNEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GREGORY LANCE KOUPEPetty Officer Second Class · February 23, 1969
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
- WALTER SCOTT HAMNERMaster Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 2
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 6
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 11
- GENE LEO SALZERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 20
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.