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KENT STUART ANDERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1944 – September 1, 1969
Service recordKent Stuart Anderson, of Newport Beach, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 18
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Born
- September 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Newport Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 18
- WILLIAM CARRELL WEAVERSergeant First Class · August 31, 1969
- MARK STEVEN WITTPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ACHER JRCaptain · September 1, 1969
- WILLIE WARNIE ALLEYTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
From Newport Beach
- MICHAEL ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- GALEN LEROY MOORESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JEROME CHARLES SHOMAKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- ROLAND DEAN TROYANOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1971
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.