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ANDERSON HAROLD KEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1942 – January 13, 1966
Service recordAnderson Harold Key, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 70
- MELVIN LEE HAIRSTONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- IRWIN LEWIS HOFFMANTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
From Orangeburg
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE JENKINSCaptain · September 6, 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.