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ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1948 – January 3, 1968
Service recordAndy Anastacio Cabrera, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CAP S 1 CAG 21 3 MAF
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “CAP S 1 CAG 21 3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 26
- CHARLES BRISCOELance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BURSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CLAIRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- JAMES HENRY CLAYCorporal · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY CLAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 26
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWESergeant · July 7, 1968
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.