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ROBERT WARREN ANDREWS JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 30, 1947 – May 17, 1969
Service recordRobert Warren Andrews JR, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 29
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 29
- DAVID ROCKWELL CROCKER JRCaptain · May 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE DEMILIOPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- JERRY LEW EWINGSpecialist Four · May 17, 1969
- JAMES RONALD FIELDSSergeant · May 17, 1969
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
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.