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HARRY WILLIAM ANDERSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – October 8, 1968
Service recordHarry William Anderson JR, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Southbridge, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 28
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE WOODPetty Officer First Class · October 7, 1968
- GEORGE ALAN BONDLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
- WILLIAM ANDREW BRABANTCorporal · October 8, 1968
From Southbridge
- JAN KRAWCZYKCorporal · September 24, 1967
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- GARY ALFRED RUSTSpecialist Four · November 11, 1968
- VINCENT F SABATINELLICaptain · July 25, 1969
- RICHARD ROLAND ARSENAULTStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
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.