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JOHN ROYLE ANDERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1950 – May 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Royle Anders, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 111
- ANDREW PAUL SUSISpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WHITE JRCaptain · May 27, 1970
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · May 27, 1970
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- EATTERSON BYRD JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 113
- JOHN ROBERT GMACKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 114
- ROBERT BROWN ROSHONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.