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ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1937 – April 6, 1970
Service recordAndrew Thomas Brassfield, of Sylvania, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1970, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Sylvania, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 100
- LAWRENCE PAUL CHRISTMANCorporal · April 6, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES COTTERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- GORDON MANSON GAYLORDTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- ISMAEL SOTOLance Corporal · April 6, 1970
From Sylvania
- FRANK OCHOA FLOREZ JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 1965
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- CHRIS WALTER FRANKHAUSERCorporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS HERRONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- CARL HARMAN PETERS JRSergeant · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
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.