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CARL EDGAR ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1943 – October 9, 1965
Service recordCarl Edgar Anderson, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 114
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Roslindale, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 114
- JAMES CHARLES BERMINGHAMPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- DONALD FREYSpecialist Four · October 9, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDINGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 114
From Roslindale
- EDWARD THOMAS EGAN JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON JRPrivate · April 26, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTONCorporal · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · November 2, 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.