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GEORGE ROGERS ANDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1945 – August 16, 1968
Service recordGeorge Rogers Anderson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 21
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- ROBERT MILTON ARNOLD JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BANNA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- DARREL EMERSON BARNHOUSESergeant · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MILTON ARNOLD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 21
- DARREL EMERSON BARNHOUSESergeant · Panel 48W, Line 21
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 22
- DAVID RICHARD BOEVERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 22
- GARY DEAN BOWLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 23
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD CUMBRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 24
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 26
- OTIS LAMONT HARTRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 26
- DAN DAVID HAYESSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 26
- CHARLES DAVID SONNKALB JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 31
- JERRY LEE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 31
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.