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WARREN CHARLES ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1950 – August 15, 1970
Service recordWarren Charles Anderson, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 113
- ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLACorporal · August 14, 1970
- BRUCE DAVID WAGNERCorporal · August 14, 1970
- WILSON PAUL BAILEYSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER BECKERFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN JOHN BENNETTSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 114
- WILLIAM H VANGELDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 116
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.