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JAMES K ANDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – August 5, 1970
Service recordJames K Anderson, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Pleasant Grove, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 84
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAMIRO DENNAPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- MANUEL LEVI DICKSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- GERALD LOUIS HAMILTONSergeant · August 5, 1970
From Pleasant Grove
- DEE RANDALL JARVISLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY FOWLKEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · August 24, 1968
- HENSON FRANK WALKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 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.