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MARCUS PETER ANDERSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 2, 1947 – August 6, 1968
Service recordMarcus Peter Anderson, of Cranford, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- January 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Cranford, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 18
- BERNARD GERALD BAKERLance Corporal · August 6, 1968
- EDWARD GLEN BAKERSergeant · August 6, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY BARBEESergeant · August 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
From Cranford
- JOSEPH PATRICK MINNOCKPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DEAN JOSEPH ELICHKOPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ANTHONY KENT JOHNSONCaptain · July 8, 1967
- KARL DIETER HEZELMajor · November 17, 1967
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
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.