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VERNON RAY ANDERSON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 25, 1945 – December 22, 1970
Service recordVernon Ray Anderson JR, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 135
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 135
- ALBERT JACOB VANDERHAAGSergeant · December 20, 1970
- ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKICorporal · December 21, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY PACIOAirman First Class · December 21, 1970
- TONY HOWARD MYERSSpecialist Four · December 22, 1970
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.