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EDWARD ANDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 6, 1946 – May 14, 1968
Service recordEdward Anderson, of Lynn, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynn, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six 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 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 7
- RICHARD DALE WOODCorporal · May 13, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WORTHEYCorporal · May 13, 1968
- STEVEN DALE ZUCROFFCorporal · May 13, 1968
- VESA JUHANI ALAKULPPICaptain · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS A BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 8
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 10
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
From Lynn
- CARLETON WEBSTER UPTONSpecialist Five · March 15, 1964
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT CARTERSergeant · July 31, 1966
- IRVIN GEORGE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENCorporal · March 28, 1967
- KEVIN ARTHUR CAHILLLance Corporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN DOUGLAS EVANSLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NELSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW CHISHOLMCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS RAMSEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.