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CURTIS LEE ANDERSEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 6, 1944 – September 13, 1968
Service recordCurtis Lee Andersen, of Lake Preston, South Dakota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 44
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Lake Preston, South Dakota (Kingsbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 44
- LESTER LEE WOODFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- ARLEY GEORGE ABRAHAMPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- SAMUEL LEROY AKINSPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR ARROWOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 44W, Line 49
- JON CARL JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 49
From Lake Preston
- GARY LEE SUNDETPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
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.