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JOHN KEITH ANDERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – August 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Keith Anderson, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 120
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare/Signal Intelligence Voice Interceptor (98G)
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 120
- MICHAEL STEPHEN SPRATLINSeaman Apprentice · August 9, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 1969
- GWYMAN STRIBBLINGPrivate First Class · August 9, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1969
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 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.