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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Stephen Rahilly.

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ANDREW STEPHEN RAHILLY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

December 26, 1943 – June 4, 1969

Service record

Andrew Stephen Rahilly, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 23W · Line 67

Position of Panel 23W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
December 26, 1943
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 4, 1969
Age
25
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 23W, Line 67

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.