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GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1947 – October 6, 1968
Service recordGeorge Rolan Anderson, of Helena, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 20
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- ELDON WAYNE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
- GILES WARREN STALLARDPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD DURAND STEVENSSpecialist Four · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN HOWEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 18
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
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.