Search effort continues for missing Fort Bragg solider, community joins family from Virginia
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Search effort continues for missing Fort Bragg solider, community joins family from Virginia

Posted: 7/19/2026, 6:57:41 PM

Family members of missing Fort Bragg soldier Sayveon Anderson are coming to North Carolina to help in the search efforts. They will be meeting at Veterans Park in Fayetteville Sunday afternoon. 

Anderson was reported absent without leave on July 1. 

Sayveon Anderson
Fort Bragg soldier missing

June 23: Sayveon Anderson last seen by his wife at home in Fayetteville. She said Anderson left home with other soldiers, and she believes he was heading back to Fort Bragg.

June 25: Anderson arrested at the Comfort Inn. Court records show he was charged with trespassing and posted $5,000 bond.

June 27: Pamela Anderson told CNN this is the last time she heard from her son.  

June 29: Anderson's commanding officer told his wife he was last seen on base around 6 a.m.

July 1: Anderson was reported AWOL.

July 9: WRAL spoke with Anderson's mother and sister.

July 14: Anderson's family holds vigil in Charlottesville, VA.

July 19: Anderson's family arrives in Fayetteville to lead search party. As of 2:30 p.m. around 50people gathered at the U.S. Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville. Members of the community joined the family where they led a search around the area, and asked those with access to base to lead the search there. 

About Specialist Sayveon N. Anderson

He is assigned to the 8th Ordnance Company, 264th Combat Sustainment Battalion, 3rd Corps Sustainment Command.

Anderson is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs approximately 260 pounds. He has a chipped front tooth, a scar on his left arms, tattoos behind both ears and a tattoo on his upper left arm.

Fort Bragg has released the following statement, and released on July 15 that the search continues for Andersoon. 

The 3rd Corps Sustainment Command is working in coordination with local law enforcement agencies and the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to locate Spc. Sayveon Anderson and ensure his safe return.

Anyone who sees him is asked to contact the Fort Bragg Resident Agency Army CID Carolinas Field Office at 910-391-4911. Anonymous tips can be submitted online.