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ROBERT SOARES ANDRADE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1932 – February 10, 1966
Service recordRobert Soares Andrade, of Waimanalo, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Waimanalo, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 21
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID SETTLEMIREFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1966
- DON R SHACKELFORDFirst Sergeant · February 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ESCAMILLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 22
- ALVIN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 22
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
From Waimanalo
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · November 1, 1968
- RODNEY H MAUNAKEASpecialist Four · May 12, 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.