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ANTHONY ARTHUR BRESE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1948 – December 26, 1970
Service recordAnthony Arthur Brese, of Blasdell, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Blasdell, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 8
- DONALD JOSEPH KNEBELPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- RICHARD J KNICKERBOCKERPrivate First Class · December 25, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE DOTSONStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- BILLY RANDY FARRIORPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
From Blasdell
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKISergeant · February 28, 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.