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WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1950 – March 26, 1970
Service recordWilliam Larry Andrews, of Mccomb, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 45
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Mccomb, Mississippi (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 45
- RAYMOND H CRULLPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- JOHN PAUL DIDIER JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1970
- RICHARD GENE ELZINGAMajor · March 26, 1970
- JOE ALEXANDER ESCANDONSergeant · March 26, 1970
From Mccomb
- PATRICK MICKAEL MCKENNEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- LOUIS WILSON COLEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- VAN VERNON TRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · August 7, 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.