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ANDREW THOMAS BEST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1937 – June 25, 1966
Service recordAndrew Thomas Best, of Barling, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- December 24, 1937
- Home of record
- Barling, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 95
- RICHARD LEE STRANGESergeant · June 25, 1966
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT DAMIAN WUERTZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 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.