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ANTHONY IRVIN LEE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1949 – July 9, 1968
Service recordAnthony Irvin Lee, of Rossville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Rossville, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 6
- CHARLES F HARGER JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- HUGH LEE HARRINGTONSergeant · July 9, 1968
- MILTON JAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · July 9, 1968
- EDWARD LESTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 8
From Rossville
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- GARY EDWIN WARDPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- MARION ELIJAH PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- JOHN ALVIN FRANKLINSergeant · April 26, 1968
- DENNIS CAROL MELTONSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY BYRDCaptain · June 6, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
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.