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ROY ANDERSON JR
Private · U.S. Army
December 24, 1950 – December 7, 1970
Service recordRoy Anderson JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 111
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 111
- WALTER JOSEPH TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1970
- CLIFFORD KEITH BAADECaptain · December 7, 1970
- NICHOLAS ALLEN BERGERStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BERRYMANCorporal · December 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEON ROUSKASergeant · Panel 6W, Line 113
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.