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DANIEL FRANCIS ANDRUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1949 – June 11, 1968
Service recordDaniel Francis Andrus, of Riverton, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 21
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
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Riverton, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 21
- LARRY DEAN SWANEYSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- MILTON RICHARD ALLERBY JRHospitalman · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES GUST CLITTYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
From Riverton
- WILLIAM JEFFERY GULLEYSeaman Apprentice · June 11, 1970
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.