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ANTHONY FRANCIS MCNELLIS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 28, 1931 – July 18, 1968
Service recordAnthony Francis McNellis, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 18, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 7
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- RONALD JOSEPH PUSKARCIKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- WILLARD THOMAS REDMONDStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- RONALD CARL ROSSStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
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.