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RONALD L ANDREWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRonald L Andrews, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 68
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY ARNOLDCorporal · October 8, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WRIGHT BAKERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE ALBERT JUAREZPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.