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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Christopher Andrews.

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CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

June 30, 1944 – December 3, 1967

Service record

Christopher Andrews, of Sanford, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 31E · Line 29

Position of Panel 31E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
4 INF DIV
Born
June 30, 1944
Home of record
Sanford, Florida (Seminole County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 3, 1967
Age
23
Province
Kontum
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 31E, Line 29

Same unit, same day

From Sanford

All 16 names from Sanford →

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.