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ANDREW MILLARD KEA
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 28, 1929 – May 16, 1965
Service recordAndrew Millard Kea, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 16, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1965; 26 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 119
- ERNEST MCFERONCaptain · May 16, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM RACHALTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- CLIFFORD H RAULERSON JRAirman First Class · May 16, 1965
- DONALD JOSEPH SEAMANTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.