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ANDREW MORLEY BORDES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 13, 1951 – August 1, 1971
Service recordAndrew Morley Bordes, of Carpentersville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 120
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Carpentersville, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 120
- WILLIAM JONATHAN BRADFORDWarrant Officer 1 · August 1, 1971
- CLINTON HURANSO EPPSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1971
- WILLIAM CARROLL HINESSergeant · August 1, 1971
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JONATHAN BRADFORDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 120
From Carpentersville
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 1971
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.