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ANTHONY DAPONTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – May 28, 1968
Service recordAnthony Daponte, of Freehold, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 7
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)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Freehold, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 7
- RICHARD EUGENE CUTBIRTHLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CUTRILance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RAYMOND ANTHONY DANGELOPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS ANTHONY M DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 8
- BEN WILLIS HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 64W, Line 10
From Freehold
- WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKIChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 21, 1967
- BARTON EDWARD HAYNESLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
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.