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JOHN WILLIAM ANDERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – April 1, 1971
Service recordJohn William Anders, of Waldron, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 98
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Waldron, Missouri (Platte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 98
- CHARLES WESLEY STERLINGStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1971
- PHILIP BRADFORD TERRILLSpecialist Five · March 31, 1971
- MICHAEL LAROY THOMPKINSPrivate First Class · March 31, 1971
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY KEITH BOBBITTSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 99
- JAMES DEAN DAVISCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 99
- ARTHUR HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 99
- PETER LOUIS WINTERCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 100
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.