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RICHARD ALAN ANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1944 – April 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Anders, of Nelsonville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 50
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
- September 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Nelsonville, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 50
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ANTHONY ALBERT ALENCASTREPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORGE ARTURO CASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES J GREBSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 52
- HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOSSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 53
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- JAMES ALLEN PETTITTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 2
From Nelsonville
- ROBERT PAUL ONAILPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- DANNY JOE HUDDYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN POLLEYPrivate · June 4, 1968
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.