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GARY ANDERSON
Private · U.S. Army
August 25, 1949 – November 29, 1970
Service recordGary Anderson, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 89
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 89
- THOMAS CALVERT FINNFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 28, 1970
- CRAIG NELSON WARDLance Corporal · November 28, 1970
- EARNEST WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 28, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT BEANSergeant First Class · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BEEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 90
- JOSEPH CARLTON BLACKWELLSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 90
- FRANKLIN D DEFENBAUGHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 90
- SAMUEL A GRAYSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 91
- CHARLES A JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 92
- WILLIAM DANIEL KENNEDY IIICaptain · Panel 6W, Line 92
- ARTHUR JOHN MENNPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 94
- JOSEPH ARTHUR JACQUESPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 95
- DONALD ANTHONY SLATESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 95
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 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.