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DAVID PAUL ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordDavid Paul Anderson, of Westfield, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Westfield, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 28
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 1968
- WARREN MARTIN BEAUMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- PATRICK M R BIERLEINPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- ALAN PAUL BUTKUSPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
From Westfield
- RODNEY W MCLEANMajor · October 23, 1967
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- LARRY ROSS FOXSergeant · December 20, 1968
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.