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HOWARD D ANDERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordHoward D Anderson, of Marathon Shores, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 67
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Marathon Shores, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 67
- JOHN EDWARD ADDISONLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- RONALD PAUL ALLENLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- JOHNNIE ANTONIO JRLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BARSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 69
- ROGER LEE HENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 73
- THORNTON ISHAM JACKSONCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 74
- MARK VEDDER SCHMIDTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 81
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.