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CURTIS STEWART ANDERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordCurtis Stewart Anderson, of Hampden, Maine, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 19
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
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Hampden, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 19
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 1969
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- MILTON JERRY WORRELLSeaman · January 16, 1969
- JOHNNIE MARVIN AYERSSpecialist Five · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 24
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.