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RICHARD LEE ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1949 – April 25, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Anderson, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 42
- JAMES MICHAEL ABBOTTCorporal · April 25, 1969
- GILBERT D ARROYO-BRENESPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- JAMES H BELFLOWERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH HICKEYLance Corporal · April 25, 1969
From Oshkosh
- ORLAND ORRIN BEARWALDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1965
- KENNETH BRUCE HAWLEYCorporal · August 12, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD MANSKEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DOBISHPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DONALD ROY LASTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MEHNEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- CHRISTIAN ALAN LANGENFELDPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- STEVEN LYNN ZOBELLance Corporal · May 21, 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.