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HORACE ANDREWS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordHorace Andrews, of Butler, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 99
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Butler, Georgia (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 99
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · May 5, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL BEAUDETTESergeant · May 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS JOHN BRAICOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1970
- EVERETT LEWIS BROCKSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 99
- CHRIS ANTHONY MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 104
- JIMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Butler
- CLIFTON WALKERSergeant First Class · April 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHNNY CARPENTERCorporal · June 1, 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.