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ANTHONY FELIX WASHINGTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1944 – November 21, 1968
Service recordAnthony Felix Washington, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 31
- THOMAS LEE STANLEYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STOREYWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1968
- MELVIN EUGENE THOMPSONCorporal · November 21, 1968
- WILLIAM SCOTT WATTSCaptain · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE LEWIS ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 22
- GERARD JAMES BLUME JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- JAMES LLOYD BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- HERBERT RAY CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
- JOSEPH RONALD FRANKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 25
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 28
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 32
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.