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GARY JOHN ANDERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – May 19, 1970
Service recordGary John Anderson, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 63
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 63
- JAMES JOSEPH WILKINSON JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
- WILLIAM CLARK AIRLIESergeant · May 19, 1970
- CHESTER LLOYD BALLEWSpecialist Four · May 19, 1970
- EUGENE BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.