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DENNIS RICHARD ANDREW
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1945 – March 21, 1966
Service recordDennis Richard Andrew, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 28
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 28
- THOMAS ARNOLD BIRD JRFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 28
- JAMES HENRY CAVICCHI JRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 31
- STEPHAN JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 33
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- STANLEY RIFFLECorporal · Panel 6E, Line 34
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 35
- BRUCE LAMAR WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 36
- BILLIE JOE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 1W, Line 94
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
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.