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MICHAEL WAYNE ANDREWS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1944 – December 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Wayne Andrews, of Timberlake, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 44
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Specialist (0231)
- Born
- November 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Timberlake, North Carolina (Person County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 44
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN BERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 5, 1968
- MELVIN LYNN BOLANDPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
From Timberlake
- LEMMIE DEE LUNSFORDSpecialist Four · February 14, 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.