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ANTHONY HEIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 26, 1946 – August 7, 1968
Service recordAnthony Hein, of Verona, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Verona, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 23
- THOMAS JOSEPH BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · August 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · August 7, 1968
- DANA ALAN HARRISONLance Corporal · August 7, 1968
From Verona
- GERALD DALY GEOGHEGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCLOSKEYLance Corporal · June 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.