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ANDREW MACHRISTIE
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
August 5, 1917 – December 4, 1970
Service recordAndrew Machristie, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 53. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 5, 1917
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 53
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 107
- KERMIT LESLIE MATTHEWSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1970
- HOWARD JAMES SCOVILLEStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1970
- JOE D TORRESLance Corporal · December 4, 1970
- ROBERT A WILLIAMS JRSergeant · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 105
- JAMES REEVE HEIMBOLDCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 106
- KERMIT LESLIE MATTHEWSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 107
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.