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ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1943 – March 3, 1967
Service recordAndrew Richard Broussard, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 7
- CHARLES HERMAN BENNETTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- WELBORN A CALLAHAN JRFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1967
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 7
- WILLIAM LADD CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 8
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 10
- ROBERT BARRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 14
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 14
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
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.