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KENNETH TERRY ANDERSON
Private · U.S. Army
October 10, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordKenneth Terry Anderson, of San Diego, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 115
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Purpose Materiel Supply Specialist (76Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 115
- JEROME PAUL ZINDLEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- DAVID PAUL ACHORDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- EDDIE DUANE ACUFFSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.