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RONALD CARLIS ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1946 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Carlis Anderson, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 30
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ORAL RAY TERRYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1968
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANTStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.