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JOSEPH CARLISLE ANDREW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1948 – February 18, 1968
Service recordJoseph Carlisle Andrew, of Auburn, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Auburn, Kentucky (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 79
- JERRY DEAN ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS AUSTINCorporal · February 18, 1968
- BRIAN WILLIAM BATESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- ROY VERNON BERRY JRCorporal · February 18, 1968
From Auburn
- CLYDE JAMES BENNETTMaster Sergeant · October 30, 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.