John Austin Anderson

Specialist Four
COMM PLT, HQ CO, 4TH BN, 9TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
10 February 1947 - 13 May 1968
Williamsville, New York
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25 INF DIV

9TH INF RGT


Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for John Austin Anderson

15 Oct 2005

REMEMBERED

by his family.

Placed by a cousin,
Ed Tatarnic
tatarnic@shaw.ca

Read my description of the
Attack on Nui Ba Den

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Nui Ba Den (Black Virgin Mountain), a dormant volcano, rises some 3000 feet above the surrounding plain in Tay Ninh Province. During the war, the Army had a signal relay station atop the mountain, and Allied troops controlled the plain below - but the slopes of the jungle-covered Black Virgin were no-man's-land. On 13 May 1968 the VC attacked the relay station, killing at least 21 American servicemen in bitter hand-to-hand fighting:

  • CPT George Coleman, Birmingham, AL, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • CPT Arthur L. Davis, Beaufort, NC, 587th Sig Co, 86th Sig Bn
  • 2LT Thomas N. Teague, Mountlake Terrace, WA, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SSG Ray W. Owen, Columbia, SC, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SSG Harold A. Stone, Champaign, IL, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SSG Bobby C. Wood, Monroe, LA
  • SGT Joseph Adams, New Orleans, LA, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SGT Fernando Calle-Zuluaga, Los Angeles, CA, 587th Sig Co, 86th Sig Bn
  • SGT Timothy J. Noden, Linwood, PA, A Co, 2nd Bn, 18th Infantry
  • SP4 John A. Anderson, Williamsville, NY,HHC, 4th Bn, 9th Infantry
  • SP4 Ralph R. Black, Crystal Falls, MI, C Co, 121st Sig Bn
  • PFC Samuel G. Connelly, Hammond, IN, A Co, 2nd Bn, 18th Infantry
  • SP4 Moses J. Cousin, Detroit, MI, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SP4 Albert E. Dahl, Aurora, IL, B Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SP4 James A. Davis, Orlando, FL, B Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SP4 Gary J. Gilin, Detroit, MI, A Co, 4th Bn, 9th Infantry
  • SP4 Jeffrey W. Haerle, Minneapolis, MN, HQ, 3rd ASA Fld Station
  • SP4 Paul R. Hoag, Poughkeepsie, NY, Prov Sig Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SP4 Michael J. Juneau, Hessmer, LA, B Co, 125th Sig Bn
  • SP4 Paul R. Lozano, Bay City, TX, 587th Sig Co, 86th Sig Bn
  • SP4 Frank J. Makuh, Placentia, CA, C Co, 121st Sig Bn




Canadian Flag

Burial will be in Victoria Lawn Cemetery [St. Catharines, Ontario] after a military funeral service in Church of Nativity in Williamsville near Buffalo. The church service will begin there at 10 a.m.

Army Specialist 4-C Anderson, who moved to Williamsville, N.Y., with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anderson, 15 years ago, was killed May 13 in combat with the 25th Division at Bue Le Den [sic] in the Central Highlands. He was a radioman.

He had been in Vietnam since October. A Canadian citizen, Anderson joined the army in October of 1966.

- Hamilton Spectator, date unknown -



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a cousin,
Ed Tatarnic
tatarnic@shaw.ca



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 15 Oct 2005
Last updated 04/27/2008