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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Henry Anderson JR.

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HENRY ANDERSON JR

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

April 26, 1931 – October 27, 1967

Service record

Henry Anderson JR, of New York, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 27, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28E · Line 78

Position of Panel 28E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
April 26, 1931
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 27, 1967
Age
36
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Infectious Disease

Context · from the records

What was happening

60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 28E, Line 78

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.