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WENDELL WARREN ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1944 – August 26, 1968
Service recordWendell Warren Anderson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 26
- EARL SHERMAN BAZEMORESpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
- LEWIS LAMAR BIGGERSCorporal · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN BILBO JRLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · August 26, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.