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JOHN DUTRA ANDRADE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1943 – October 2, 1966
Service recordJohn Dutra Andrade, of East Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1943
- Home of record
- East Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 34
- WILLIAM LEROY STUBBEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- EDWARD ANTHONY URIBEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- RODRICK PIUS WHALENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM BAILEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
From East Providence
- BRUCE ELWIN MANSFIELDTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- WILLIAM GREGORY SILVASergeant · May 29, 1967
- DANIEL ROBERT DYEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIGOTTCaptain · May 18, 1969
- GEORGE LEANDER BOURNEHospitalman · August 7, 1969
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.