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ALTO ANDERSON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1943 – June 12, 1968
Service recordAlto Anderson JR, of Quincy, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Quincy, Florida (Gadsden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 31
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- GLENN JOHN ZAMORSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- OSCAR GENTRY JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE GOODMANPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- COY FOSTER STARKCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 5
From Quincy
- ROSEVELT SIMMONS JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- WILLIAM WHITBY DUCKMajor · October 3, 1967
- JACK ALLAN PEACOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- PAUL DOUGLAS FLOURNOYCorporal · April 7, 1968
- GARY EDWARD HOWARDPrivate First Class · May 7, 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.