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KEITH JOHN ANDRES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1947 – November 2, 1967
Service recordKeith John Andres, of Carpentersville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 9
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Carpentersville, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 9
- GLEN DOUGLAS BATESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN DEARBORNLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- JAMES GARD EDINGERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- MELVIN EUGENE FOADPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- JERRY LEON ANTRICHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JACOB ARENTSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 8
- MELVIN EUGENE FOADPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 9
From Carpentersville
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 1971
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.