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MELVIN WALLACE ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1945 – December 1, 1966
Service recordMelvin Wallace Anderson, of Littlefork, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Littlefork, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 131
- LLOYD HANS ROHDEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1966
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · December 1, 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.