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PETER NEWELL ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1941 – November 30, 1967
Service recordPeter Newell Anderson, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 8
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- ELEANOR GRACE ALEXANDERCaptain · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE SNIDER BALLLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GRIFFITH BRONSON BEDWORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 9
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 9
- KENNETH DALE MCKEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 14
- STEPHEN RICHARD PORCELLAMajor · Panel 31E, Line 16
From Uniondale
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.