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WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1931 – August 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Anderson, of St Maries, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1931
- Home of record
- St Maries, Idaho (Benewah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 92
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- JAMES STEWART JRSpecialist Four · July 31, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WENDELL EUGENE CHURCHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 92
- ALLAN LAMAR COXWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 93
- GEORGE DEVER CURRYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 93
- JEFFERY LEE LEDFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 94
From St Maries
- RAYMOND PATRICK FINLEYPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
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.