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ROBERT LEE ANDREWS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – May 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Andrews JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 12
- ALLEN JOHN BOUDREAUXCorporal · May 21, 1968
- CHARLES PATRICK BROWNSergeant · May 21, 1968
- VINCENT JAMES CARAVELLOPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- MARK PAINE COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.