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ANDREW RICHARD SINCHAK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – December 12, 1968
Service recordAndrew Richard Sinchak JR, of Cortland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Cortland, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 12
- JAMES ALLEN MERRETTFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYWarrant Officer 1 · December 12, 1968
- WALTER LEO STARLINGSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- RONALD STEVENS STEPSIESpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
From Cortland
- GUSTAV OSTRAKOVICPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.