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ROBERT KEITH ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1946 – December 2, 1968
Service recordRobert Keith Anderson, of Chandler, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Chandler, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 22
- WALTER DAVID FREEMANLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM GILBERT KEELERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- JAMES ROY KNIGHTCorporal · December 2, 1968
- RAYMOND W TYMESON JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ESCAGEDASpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 21
- THOMAS W ROWLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 24
From Chandler
- JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- RODOLFO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES WALTER KIRKSEYSpecialist Five · August 18, 1969
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.