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RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRichard Wilbur Anderson, of Kalama, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Kalama, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 7
- CARL RICHARD WILSON JRSecond Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
- DONALD RAY ALEXANDERSergeant · March 22, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN BAILEYCaptain · March 22, 1969
- LARRY DEAN BALDWINCaptain · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROSCOE WILLET BALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 8
- ARMIN JOCHAIM BLAKESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 8
- JOHN RALPH BRANDBORGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 9
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 10
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 11
- JAMES ALLEN MCKECHNIESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 13
- LAUVI PAUL PHILIP PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 13
- ANGEL REYESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 13
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 15
From Kalama
- STEVAN ROY SARGENTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- KURTIS LANE GAYNORPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.