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An airman lights a candle during POW/MIA recognition week at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Photo: A1C Aaron Jenne, U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Edward Anderson.

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THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSON

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

July 27, 1939 – October 6, 1962

Service record

Thomas Edward Anderson, of Spenard, Alaska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1962, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 12

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
HMM 163 MAG 16 1 MAW
Born
July 27, 1939
Home of record
Spenard, Alaska

Casualty

Date of death
October 6, 1962
Age
23
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

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What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1962; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

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From Spenard

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.