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RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – January 19, 1968
Service recordRandall Bruce Anderson, of Oak Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 73
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Oak Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 73
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · January 19, 1968
- JOHN LUMSDEN BARNESSpecialist Five · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN DUNNSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 76
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 77
From Oak Park
- NEIL A KROGERSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM GRANT DAILEY JRLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH BONETTICorporal · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · May 16, 1971
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.