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MEREDITH GLENN ANDERSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 1, 1932 – April 28, 1970
Service recordMeredith Glenn Anderson, of Aledo, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 28, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 62
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Aledo, Illinois (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 62
- ROBERT DALE WALSHSergeant · April 27, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE WARDStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · April 27, 1970
- STEVEN RAY SANDLINCorporal · April 28, 1970
From Aledo
- HORACE EARLE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- ROBERT THOMAS FREEDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- JAMES KENNETH FRYELance Corporal · December 1, 1967
- GORDON CURTISS BROWNPetty Officer First Class · May 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOE MCCREIGHTSpecialist Four · December 13, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · October 19, 1970
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.