The Wall › Panel 20W › Georgia › John Ernest Anderson
JOHN ERNEST ANDERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – July 21, 1969
Service recordJohn Ernest Anderson, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 27
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 27
- STANLEY KUTZ SMILEYLieutenant · July 20, 1969
- GEOFFREY STEPHEN SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- LEE TRYON JRCorporal · July 20, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MICHAEL DENNULLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 28
- EDWARD SAMUEL HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 28
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.