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DELMER ANDERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1948 – January 13, 1968
Service recordDelmer Anderson, of Bellevue, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 40
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 40
- DEWITT JOSEPH WOLFSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROBERT SALMON BAGNALLCorporal · January 13, 1968
- RUDOLPH JOHN BIELEK JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
From Bellevue
- EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DENNIS LEE HENRYSergeant · August 24, 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.