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STEVEN RAY ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – March 23, 1967
Service recordSteven Ray Anderson, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 30
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- LEROY EDWARD LEONARDCaptain · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RANDALL LAWRENCE PERRYSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- FOSTER BISHOP MILLERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.