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WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 13, 1948 – June 24, 1970
Service recordWayne Richard Anderson, of Bettendorf, Iowa, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 87
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Bettendorf, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 87
- TOBY ARTHUR THOMASFireman · June 23, 1970
- GEORGE ROBERT WALLSergeant · June 23, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY CAPUANOSergeant · June 24, 1970
- THOMAS DAVID CATLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
From Bettendorf
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- VERNON CHESTER RANDOLPHCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES BLACK COOKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
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.