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DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1936 – December 11, 1966
Service recordDennis William Anderson, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 31
- PHILLIP TONY WILEYPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- GERALD OAK ALFRED JRMajor · December 11, 1966
- EDWARD RAY BASHAMSergeant · December 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOURIGANPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ANTHONY MCMASTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 35
From Norfolk
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICHCommander · March 1, 1968
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
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.