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ROBERT EUGENE ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1945 – April 29, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Anderson, of Hayward, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 45
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.