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ROBERT CHARLES MCANDREW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1950 – June 11, 1970
Service recordRobert Charles McAndrew, of Tarzana, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Tarzana, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 44
- GORDON T KIMBRELL JRCaptain · June 11, 1970
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- CLAYTON WILLARD NEAVESSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · June 11, 1970
From Tarzana
- ARTHUR EUGENE BEDALFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1963
- DAVID HENRY WILSON IISpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELANOSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
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.