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ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordAnson Thorne Geronzin JR, of Clinton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Clinton, Iowa (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 119
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DAVID ROYDEN GILLSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE GRAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
- STEVE HATHAWAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DEWEY MAYNARD EUBANKSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 118
- THEODORE MAGNUS HATLECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 120
From Clinton
- MARK ERNEST STOLTENBURGCorporal · July 21, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES DEWITTPrivate · September 3, 1966
- MERRITT THOMAS COUSINSLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- KENNETH R STUBBLEFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM SCHULTZStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- RICHARD LAURE STANSBARGERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1971
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.