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ANTHONY DUTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordAnthony Duty, of Neon, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Neon, Kentucky (Letcher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 99
- ROBERT RAY CATHERMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DELANEYSergeant · June 7, 1969
- LARRY JAMES EGLINSDOERFERLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEX JIM ALVAREZSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 94
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 106
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.