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ROGER WILBUR ANDERSON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – December 1, 1970
Service recordRoger Wilbur Anderson JR, of Montevideo, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 100
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Montevideo, Minnesota (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 100
- FELIPE MORALESCorporal · November 30, 1970
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
From Montevideo
- DONALD JAMES JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
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.