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WILLIAM ALLISON ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1948 – November 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Allison Anderson, of Mt Vernon, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Alabama (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 36
- MICHAEL TOXEY RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1969
- ROYAL ROY SHAFERSergeant · November 5, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- JIMMY RAY CAINPetty Officer First Class · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 37
- LENNIS GODDARD JONES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 39
From Mt Vernon
- PAUL JOSEPH PEOPLESSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.