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DALE EDWARD ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – February 21, 1968
Service recordDale Edward Anderson, of New Lisbon, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- New Lisbon, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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 40E, Line 50
- RICHARD DEWEY VICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL ZALESpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- WALTER GILMORE ANDERSONPetty Officer First Class · February 21, 1968
From New Lisbon
- JOHN WELDON SADLERCaptain · April 25, 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.