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ROBERT GARY ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Gary Anderson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 71
- HAAKON WILLY ANDRESENLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- CLEVELAND BATISTE JRLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD JEAN BOHANNONCorporal · May 21, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY MICHAEL ELSHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 73
- DAVID ALAN HARALDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 74
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.