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MILLARD RAY ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1950 – May 24, 1969
Service recordMillard Ray Anderson, of Wooster, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 92
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Wooster, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 92
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BESKE JRPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS CHAPMANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- HENRY LEE CHAPMANStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PATRICK ODEASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 97
From Wooster
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- JENNINGS MILROY THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- RUSSELL RAY FLESHERSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM KRAFTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- WALTER LEWIS MOSES JRSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 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.