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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Anthony A Virbickas.

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ANTHONY A VIRBICKAS

Corporal · U.S. Army

December 19, 1948 – November 21, 1969

Service record

Anthony A Virbickas, of West Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 107

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
196 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
December 19, 1948
Home of record
West Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 21, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 107

Same unit, same day

From West Paterson

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.