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DENNIS KEITH ANDERSON
Captain · U.S. Army
June 25, 1941 – May 15, 1968
Service recordDennis Keith Anderson, of Crookston, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 18
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Crookston, Minnesota (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 18
- STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LESLIE GEORGE APUTENPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 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.