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TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – March 9, 1970
Service recordTerrance Wesley Anderson, of Fremont, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 98
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 98
- JOHN RICHARD PENMANFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN POSTIGLIONESergeant · March 8, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNESpecialist Five · March 8, 1970
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 100
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 101
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 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.