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HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordHilaire Albert Andry JR, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 14
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- TOMMY LEE CARPENTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MAYNARD BERGESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 13
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 15
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 16
- LEE ANDRES LUALLINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 16
- DONALD GORDON MACINTOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 17
- JOSEPH STANLEY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 17
From Metairie
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- KENNETH ANDREW PREJEANPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 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.