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HERBERT ROY ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1944 – January 16, 1968
Service recordHerbert Roy Anderson, of Virginia, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1968, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Virginia, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1968; three of them were lost in An Giang Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34E, Line 57
- EARL ROGER BIGGSSergeant Major · November 11, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY BLISSETTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK COLLINS PARRISHMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 59
- JOHN F YOUNGCaptain · Panel 34E, Line 61
From Virginia
- GUST CALLIVASSergeant First Class · November 22, 1965
- RICKIE NORMAN GUNDERSONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · October 17, 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.