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ROY L ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1942 – February 9, 1968
Service recordRoy L Anderson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 43
- RAY ERNEST ALWINELance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JAMES RICHMOND ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT ANZELONESpecialist Five · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HARRY GREEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 50
- FRANK ELTON HILTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 51
- NORMAN WARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 52
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 56
- GARY EUGENE SALISBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 60
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.