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MICHAEL PATRICK ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – February 10, 1968
Service recordMichael Patrick Anderson, of Flushing, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 69
- FRANCIS KAIRAITISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- GENE DOUGLAS KILLGORELance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- WALTER B MAKSYMIWSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER B MAKSYMIWSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 69
- ARTHUR HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 72
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
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.