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JOHN HARRISON ANDERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – May 25, 1968
Service recordJohn Harrison Anderson JR, of Wellsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 70W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70W · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Wellsville, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 70W, Line 1
- EARL EDWARD BARNHART JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- GERRIT LYNN BLANKSMAPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- TED OLAND BRAZZEALPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · Panel 68W, Line 5
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 4
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 8
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.