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WILBERT ISOM ANDREWS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1947 – May 5, 1966
Service recordWilbert Isom Andrews, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 29
- CLIFTON LEROY BACONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- EUGENE CHRISCOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JOEL DANIEL COLEMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.