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WILLIS NORWOOD ANDREWS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – April 17, 1971
Service recordWillis Norwood Andrews, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 130
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 130
- MICHAEL JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · April 16, 1971
- BERNARD GEORGE ALBERTSONCaptain · April 17, 1971
- MICHAEL EDWARD BALLCorporal · April 17, 1971
- BARRY EDWARD BROWNPrivate · April 17, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JAMES ORRSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 131
- GARY LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 131
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.