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JAMES EDWARD ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – November 3, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Anderson, of Eureka, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 13
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 13
- RICHARD EDWARD SMITHSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- TRACY LEE WHOOLERYStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 13
- GARY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 15
- FRANK J PAPASpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 16
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 17
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 17
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- DENNIS ERWIN GABBERTSpecialist Four · September 1, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.