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EDWIN P ANDERSON JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 10, 1927 – April 8, 1969
Service recordEdwin P Anderson JR, of Fresno, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 8, 1969, in Thailand, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 10, 1927
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 36
- KENNETH G BLACKWELLCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROGER DALE BRAGGPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- GLENNIE WAYNE CAINSergeant · April 8, 1969
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH M ORLOWSKICaptain · Panel 27W, Line 39
- JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 25W, Line 25
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.