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ANDRUS JAMES BLANCHARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – January 13, 1970
Service recordAndrus James Blanchard, of Church Point, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Church Point, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 30
- RICHARD LEE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
- DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1970
- RALPH LAMAR HAMPTONSergeant · January 13, 1970
- CLYDE PEYTON MEREDITHSpecialist Four · January 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY TYRONE PINKNEYSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 31
From Church Point
- WENDELL GUILLORYPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER KELLYPrivate · August 3, 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.