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ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 4, 1931 – November 20, 1966
Service recordAnthony Francis Korpics, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 20, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 98
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 4, 1931
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 98
- WELDON HORACE YOUNGPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- THEODORE A ALKIRE JRSergeant · November 21, 1966
- GARY D BYFORDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- LOUIS CASTILLOSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 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.