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ROBERT WILLIAM ANDERSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 28, 1931 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRobert William Anderson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 67
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD STOEBERLSpecialist Five · October 7, 1967
- JAKE HAROLD VANMETER JRStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1967
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · Panel 27E, Line 73
- TERRY MICHAEL REHMAirman First Class · Panel 27E, Line 75
- RONALD PAUL RUYFFAirman Second Class · Panel 27E, Line 76
- DAVID ERIC WIELANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 78
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.