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WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1945 – February 5, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Anderson, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 32
- NORRIS LEE BRENDENCorporal · February 5, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · February 5, 1968
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURGETTSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY DEGEROLAMO JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 34
- WAYNE LEONARD GOLONCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 35
- ROBERT TORRESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 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.