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ANDY KNEVELBAARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1949 – June 7, 1968
Service recordAndy Knevelbaard, of Lakewood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 24
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD CARL KNACKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- JAMES FRANK KONECNYCorporal · June 7, 1968
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
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.