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NELSON ANDINO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1950 – August 13, 1969
Service recordNelson Andino, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 28
- ALFRED BARNES JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- PAUL V BARRINGTON JRSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD LEE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · August 13, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOHN BRUSTMANSecond Lieutenant · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN DOUGLAS SCHULTESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 34
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.