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VAUN ANDREWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – October 7, 1967
Service recordVaun Andrews, of San Fernando, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 62
- THOMAS EARL SPRINGFIELDLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- THEODORE NELSON TAKACS JRPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- LEWIS ARTHUR TRASKPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES OTIS BEASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- JAKE HAROLD VANMETER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 67
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
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.