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ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – September 28, 1970
Service recordAndrus Floyd Duplechain, of Eunice, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 98
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Eunice, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 98
- WILLIAM BURCH HERNSergeant · September 28, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL HOPKINSCorporal · September 28, 1970
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- JOSE MUNOZ JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 98
From Eunice
- CHARLES RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 8, 1966
- JAMES DONALD FEUCHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
- JIMMY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- ALVIN MONDAYLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE SISTRUNKStaff Sergeant · April 10, 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.