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VON STEVEN ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1947 – February 2, 1970
Service recordVon Steven Anderson, of Tioga, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Tioga, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 92
- RICHARD WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 1, 1970
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · February 2, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE BARTEKSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE BERRYCorporal · February 2, 1970
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.