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ANTHONY GUY VELARDO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1945 – March 27, 1966
Service recordAnthony Guy Velardo, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 55
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- ALDEN BERTRAM WILLEYSergeant First Class · March 27, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
From Wakefield
- PETER FRYE SCHRAMMLance Corporal · June 1, 1966
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGIBBONSFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1968
- HARVEY ALBERT DUHY JRCorporal · June 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.