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RICHARD T MCANDREW JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – August 7, 1967
Service recordRichard T McAndrew JR, of Braintree, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Braintree, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 88
- THOMAS TAD BROWNSergeant · August 7, 1967
- MICHAEL AUBREY MOORMANSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT ANELIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 85
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HINESSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- JERRY KENNETH JORDANSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 87
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 88
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 88
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 89
From Braintree
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- GERALD GREGORY BRADLEYCorporal · January 15, 1969
- FREDERICK JOHN FOLLETTESergeant · May 2, 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.