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ANTHONY BRIAN BATTEL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – January 28, 1970
Service recordAnthony Brian Battel, of Oradell, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 73
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Oradell, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 73
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- GREGORY LEE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1970
- HOLLY GENE BELLMajor · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SANDFORD BERCIERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 74
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 75
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 14W, Line 75
From Oradell
- CHARLES PAUL ELLISPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- THOMAS RANKIN SNAITHLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
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.