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ANDY MCGUIRE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1942 – February 28, 1966
Service recordAndy McGuire JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 89
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 89
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSE TORRESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN WOLCHESKILance Corporal · February 28, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.