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ANDERSON NEELY RENSHAW III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1943 – April 13, 1969
Service recordAnderson Neely Renshaw III, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 71
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 71
- HARRY PAYNE BURTONSergeant First Class · April 13, 1969
- LOUIS CASTROSergeant First Class · April 13, 1969
- IRVING S CHENOWETH IIISecond Lieutenant · April 13, 1969
- ARLIE RAY COLLINSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LUTHER EDWARD BALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 70
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 70
- IRVING S CHENOWETH IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 71
- RONALD BRUCE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 73
- LARRY CHARLES MARTINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 75
- RICHARD ALLAN BROWNEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 77
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMELZLESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 78
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · 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.