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ROBERT LEE ANDERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – May 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Anderson, of Middletown, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 81
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 81
- GREGORY REA BENTON JRStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- GERALD ALLAN BLAIRCorporal · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · May 23, 1969
- MARTIN BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWE KING CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 82
- JACK VANN CRUMPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 83
From Middletown
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
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.