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CHARLES E ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – February 16, 1968
Service recordCharles E Anderson, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 57
- WILLIAM BONEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- GERALD ELLIOTT GORDONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- PAUL ANDREW JENSENFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 58
- JAMES OSCAR FEEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 58
- HAROLD PAUL GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 60
- GEORGE GERALD LESCARBEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 62
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.