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ANTHONY GEORGE PRIOR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 17, 1942 – May 27, 1968
Service recordAnthony George Prior, of Pelham, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 13
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Pelham, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 65W, Line 13
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- BERNARD J OSTERBERG JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN PAINTERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN DANNY PETE JRSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MERRILL DALE REICH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 65W, Line 14
- HECTOR RIVERA-COLONSergeant First Class · Panel 65W, Line 14
From Pelham
- JOHN ALEXANDER HOUSE IICaptain · June 30, 1967
- ELI PAGE HOWARD JRLieutenant Colonel · August 19, 1969
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.