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ANDREW CARL ANDERSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 5, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordAndrew Carl Andersen, of Ridgewood, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 13
- ROBERT ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · May 9, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER DAUGHERTYCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- ROBERT LEROY COLESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- QUENTIN HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 23
- PHILLIP LANS LACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- THOMAS ARNOLD SINGLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 33
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Ridgewood
- JOSEPH JOHN SCHUSTERStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1965
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK PACKARDPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- WOLFGANG EDWARD KRESSEPrivate · May 15, 1967
- ROBERT MARIO DEDOMINICSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- ANTHONY VULTAGGIOCorporal · July 8, 1969
- TERRENCE CARMINE BRASILESergeant · August 7, 1969
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.