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ROBERT WAYNE ANDREASEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – November 28, 1965
Service recordRobert Wayne Andreasen, of Maplewood, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 117
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Maplewood, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 117
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- THOMAS OWEN GREENCorporal · November 29, 1965
- VIRGIL D GRIFFYSpecialist Four · November 29, 1965
- MICHAEL GEORGE MCMANUSLance Corporal · November 29, 1965
From Maplewood
- STANLEY MARCEL STASZAKMajor · April 4, 1959
- GREGORY MCINTYREPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.