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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Deloss William Anderson JR.

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DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JR

Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy

March 21, 1931 – September 8, 1964

Service record

Deloss William Anderson JR, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 105

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
Born
March 21, 1931
Home of record
Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 8, 1964
Age
33
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 105

From Spokane

All 85 names from Spokane →

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.