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ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTI
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1946 – March 19, 1969
Service recordAnthony Alfred Giretti, of Baldwin, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Baldwin, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 77
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- KENNETH ROBERT EYRINGFirst Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD GILLIAMCorporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MASON GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
From Baldwin
- KENNETH M RORABACKMaster Sergeant · November 24, 1963
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT LUDECKERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER HARPERFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDYSergeant · April 15, 1972
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.