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LEE DAVID ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1939 – February 24, 1966
Service recordLee David Anderson, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 69
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSONFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 70
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · Panel 5E, Line 71
- RICHARD ALLAN MARSHALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- ROBERT DELL MERRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 73
- THOMAS JAY OGLETHORPEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 74
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 75
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
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.