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ANDERSON DON BOLTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1949 – January 25, 1969
Service recordAnderson Don Bolton, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 78
- JACKIE LEE MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- GORDON E MYERSCorporal · January 25, 1969
- CLIFFORD LEE NEWBERRYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- BRUCE DONALD OAKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 73
- RALPH LEWIS GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 76
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 80
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.