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RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordRichard Gunnar Anderson, of Wauconda, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 3
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Wauconda, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 3
- WALTER JOHN CHRUPCALAPetty Officer Third Class · April 15, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL CORRYSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- BENJAMIN STEPHEN FORDHAMFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 4
- JERRY WAYNE HEUERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 4
- GEORGE J ECONOMOUS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 5
- ROBERT WILLIAM GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- LAUREN DALE HUERDSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- EDWARD ANTHONY RHODEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 7
- LARRY EUGENE SLOANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 8
- STEVEN DEAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Wauconda
- RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHERSergeant · July 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUICKStaff Sergeant · September 4, 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.