- SURNAME
Anderson
- FORENAME
James Howard
- UNIT
187 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company A,3 Bn)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
19646086
- DATE OF DEATH
6th September 1968
- AGE
27
- GRAVESITE
Fairhaven Memorial Park,Santa Ana,Orange County,California
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Anaheim,California
born 25.6.1941
single
trained medic
8 years service
award Silver Star (posthumous)
KIA near Ap Duong Trau Nho,Hau Nghia Province,South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 45W Line 47
DATE OF DEATH:
06-Sep-1968AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/anderson-james-howard.40657/CITATION:
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to James Howard Anderson, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam on 6 September 1968. Staff Sergeant Anderson distinguished himself near the village of Ap Duong Trau Nho, Republic of Vietnam, while serving as a platoon sergeant for Company A, 3d Battalion, 187th Infantry. The Fourth Platoon of Company A was maintaining a cordon around the village when an enemy force broke through the center of the Company and flanking attacks were directed on the Fourth Platoon. The position to Staff Sergeant Anderson's right was hit by the enemy thrust. Although previously wounded himself, Staff Sergeant Anderson lead a relief party against the enemy thrust, stopped the first enemy flanking attack, and brought one of his wounded men to safety. Realizing how seriously he was wounded, he refused medical aid and propped himself against a rice paddy dike to continue firing upon the enemy until he succumbed to his wounds. Staff Sergeant Anderson's personal bravery and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
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