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RAL JEFRO ANDERSON JR
Private · U.S. Army
September 15, 1950 – March 6, 1969
Service recordRal Jefro Anderson JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 51
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- 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 March 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 51
- EDGAR ACUNIALance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- GEORGE RICHARD AVGERINOSSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- THOMAS ALEXANDER BECKERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- JIMMY BOOKERLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.