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STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1944 – February 19, 1968
Service recordSteven Richard Anderson, of Levittown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 40E, Line 20
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ELBENStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- TERRENCE EUGENE FEDORPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- JAMES LEE FELTYStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH KENNETH FISHLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD LILLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 24
- GRADY SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE SEATONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 30
- WILTON JAMES SULLINGER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 32
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 1968
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.