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DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSON
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 17, 1930 – July 3, 1970
Service recordDouglas Ray Anderson, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 3, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 114
- SHERMAN PONDEXTER DAVISCorporal · July 2, 1970
- DAVID LEE BROOKSCorporal · July 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1970
- DONALD DUANE CAMPBELLCorporal · July 3, 1970
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
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.