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WILLIAM T ANDERSEN JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1931 – July 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam T Andersen JR, of Tehachapi, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Tehachapi, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 25
- FRED BUFFINGTONLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- LAWRENCE BRENDAN RYANCaptain · June 30, 1968
- GEORGE ANTHONY SCORSONESergeant · June 30, 1968
- GERALD LEROY WALTERSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER JASON ANGLECorporal · Panel 54W, Line 26
- JOHN MICHAEL BUTTSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 27
- HENRY JOSEPH OKUSKY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 31
- ROBERT JAMES ROSSSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 32
From Tehachapi
- GILBERT LOUIS MITCHELLLieutenant Commander · March 6, 1968
- MANUEL CASARESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL COTESergeant · May 21, 1970
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.