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DONNIE WRAY ANDERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 1, 1950 – June 24, 1971
Service recordDonnie Wray Anderson, of Shelby, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 86
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Shelby, North Carolina (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 86
- MELVIN VERNON LEVANSpecialist Four · June 22, 1971
- FRANK RUDOLPH MAKIMajor · June 22, 1971
- MARSHALL GREGORY MILLERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1971
- MADISON ALEXANDER STROHLEINStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DUANE CALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 87
- ROBERT EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 87
- ROBERT LEE MORGANFLASHStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 88
From Shelby
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- JERRY DONALD CARTERSergeant · June 7, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD BRITTAINStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- JAMES CLIFFORD PEARSONPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- HAROLD HUGH WELCHCorporal · January 29, 1968
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROGER HOYLEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ERNEST FRANKLIN ELDERSLance Corporal · March 20, 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.