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WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1944 – August 25, 1968
Service recordWilliam Theodore Anderson, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 11
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 46W, Line 11
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
- ROGER EARL BISHOPCorporal · August 25, 1968
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 14
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 18
- JEFFREY WILLIS POHJOLACorporal · Panel 46W, Line 20
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 21
- CORNELIUS F MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOHN STOPYRASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 23
- JAMES BARRINGTON WESTBROOKCaptain · Panel 46W, Line 25
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 1968
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.