David Bruce Anderson
Private First Class
B CO, 1ST BN, 26TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Avoca, Iowa May 11, 1949 to March 30, 1968 DAVID B ANDERSON is on the Wall at Panel 47E, Line 7 |
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Our high school yearbook was dedicated to our friend David. The dedication page included this excerpt from his citation for the Bronze Star Medal:
We, the senior class of 1969, dedicate our annual to the memory of PFC David B. Anderson, who was killed March 30, 1968 while on patrol duty near Khe Sahn. He is more than a page or picture in the Legend of Valhalla: we knew him.
From a classmate, |
A Note from The Virtual WallAn action by Bravo 1/26 on 30 March 1968 was reflected only by a brief comment in the Battalion's Operations Journal:"30 MAR 1968 SUMMARY: Co B conducted a search and destroy mission. During this patrol Co B received mortar and small arms fire causing 71 WIA's, nine KIA's, and two MIA's."but there was more to it than that. Quoting from the 1/26 Command Chronology for March 1968, "Intelligence sources revealed that Company B met and defeated in detail the main elements of a NVA Battalion, inflicted 115 NVA KIA and destroyed numerous amounts of ammunition, weapons, and equipment. The operation resulted in ten friendly KIA, two MIA, and 100 WIA, 49 of which were evacuated. ... The aggressive fighting spirit of Company B combined with supporting arms fire enabled the company to engage and defeat in detail a numerically superior enemy force entrenched in mutually supporting fortified positions, in the first planned offensive attack of a known enemy position in the battle for KHE SANH Combat Base."The bodies of the two "missing in action" Marines were subsequently recovered. The twelve men who died in the engagement were
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