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WALTER GILMORE ANDERSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 11, 1924 – February 21, 1968
Service recordWalter Gilmore Anderson, of Wedderburn, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 50
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- August 11, 1924
- Home of record
- Wedderburn, Oregon (Curry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 50
- RICHARD DEWEY VICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL ZALESpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- DALE EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 21, 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.