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OTIS ELIZA ANDREWS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – December 10, 1970
Service recordOtis Eliza Andrews, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 115
- MICHAEL JAMES PETRASHUNEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1970
- GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 11, 1970
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1970
- ALVARO BARBOSAPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.