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THOMAS LESLIE ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – December 21, 1969
Service recordThomas Leslie Anderson, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 77
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
- Engineer Equipment Assistant (62A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 77
- JAMES HOWARD DEANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH DOWDStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1969
- DAVID LEROY EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- BOB JOE FORD JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.