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MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1945 – July 20, 1965
Service recordMitchell Lester Anderson, of Kalispell, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Kalispell, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 40
- LUIS ANTON MIRANDA-CUEVASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1965
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
From Kalispell
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · October 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.