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RONALD STANLEY ANDERSON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
January 20, 1951 – March 23, 1972
Service recordRonald Stanley Anderson, of Astoria, Oregon, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 118
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Astoria, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 118
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- JAMES GLENN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
- MIGUEL ANGEL CRUZ ALICEASergeant First Class · March 22, 1972
- JAMES TERRY JACKSONMajor · March 23, 1972
From Astoria
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- KENNETH DUANE PHARESPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- DAN THOMAS KLINDTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL EDWARD LLOYDCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD JEROME HOLMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1969
- PATRICK A CADWALLADERSpecialist Five · December 20, 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.