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WALTER H ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1945 – April 16, 1966
Service recordWalter H Anderson, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 116
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BATTISTASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WALTER MONROE COLLINSPrivate · April 16, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGOLDRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 118
- JOHN PARNELLASpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 118
- OKEY LEE SANDSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 118
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JIMMY CARLTON BETHEASergeant · May 24, 1966
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.