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ROBERT P ANDREWS
Captain · U.S. Army
December 1, 1939 – September 3, 1966
Service recordRobert P Andrews, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 62
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- STANLEY GRAY TOLERPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- ROY JAMES BULTMANPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 63
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.