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JAMES BARTON ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJames Barton Anderson, of American Falls, Idaho, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- American Falls, Idaho (Power County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 29
- JESUS V AVILAPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD EDWARD BRYANSergeant · January 25, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DENHOFFPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP EUGENE GARVERCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 32
- ROBERT CANDLER LANGFORDCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 33
- EARL ADELBERT MAILLOUXCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE DEAN WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 36
From American Falls
- VICENTE DIAZ SANDOVALSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JOHN E S MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 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.