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DALE CHARLES ANDREWS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1945 – May 8, 1968
Service recordDale Charles Andrews, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 34
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
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 34
- ROBERT ESTEN ABBOTT JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- MIGUEL A ABREU-BATISTA JRCorporal · May 8, 1968
- RONALD NEIL BANKSTONSergeant · May 8, 1968
- GARY EDWARD CANAPPCorporal · May 8, 1968
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.