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ANTHONY J BORREGO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1942 – July 5, 1967
Service recordAnthony J Borrego, of West Paterson, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 9
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 25, 1942
- Home of record
- West Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 9
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- DAVID AUGUST ACTONHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- PATRICK G R BRIDENBAKERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- ERNEST MACK CARTERSergeant · July 5, 1967
From West Paterson
- ANTHONY A VIRBICKASCorporal · November 21, 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.