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VINCENT CRAIG ANDERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
October 2, 1948 – September 26, 1972
Service recordVincent Craig Anderson, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 26, 1972, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 75
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1972; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Vinh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 75
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
- PETER CHANSeaman Apprentice · September 25, 1972
- RICHARD BRYAN LINEBERRYLieutenant · September 27, 1972
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.