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EDWARD JAMES ANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – June 18, 1965
Service recordEdward James Anders, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 13
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- MELVIN HAROLD SUTHONSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 1965
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.