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ROBERT DOUGLAS ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – September 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Douglas Anderson, of Carmichael, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 161 ASLT HELO CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Carmichael, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 26
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- JOHNNY BOYD ALBRITTONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- CHARLES WALTER DEW BALCOESpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From Carmichael
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT SCOTT BYRNESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DARRELL MAZZASpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- STEPHEN FORREST CHUTEPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · December 22, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES PIGGSpecialist Four · May 30, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD MORFORDSergeant · February 12, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 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.