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GORDON GUY ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1950 – June 19, 1970
Service recordGordon Guy Anderson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 67
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JERRY JOE ALLENCorporal · June 19, 1970
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHN RODMAN BLOSCHICHAKLance Corporal · June 19, 1970
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.