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ANTHONY GARY TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 1, 1943 – June 29, 1965
Service recordAnthony Gary Tate, of George West, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 1, 1943
- Home of record
- George West, Texas (Live Oak County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 24
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- MARVIN NELSON LINDSEYColonel · June 29, 1965
- DENNIS STOVE PITSENBARGERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
From George West
- AUGUSTUS LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · August 15, 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.