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ANDREW M HOVANCIK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1946 – July 16, 1967
Service recordAndrew M Hovancik JR, of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 80
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1946
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 80
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- ROBERT WALTER JOOSTENHospitalman · July 16, 1967
- GARY THOMAS MARBUTTPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MERRIMANPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
From New Brighton
- WILLIAM JOHN BILBO JRLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE SEESergeant Major · October 31, 1969
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.