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MICHAEL NILE ANDERSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – September 22, 1968
Service recordMichael Nile Andersen, of Downey, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 59
- DONNY RAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID LEE WHITESpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID ARMSTRONGPrivate · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SARGENT J BROSHEARCaptain · Panel 43W, Line 60
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 64
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 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.