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DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1947 – September 18, 1966
Service recordDonald Leroy Anderson JR, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 111
- ATLAS JASPER MORENE SMAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALDFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- ARTHUR WATSON JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 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.