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ANTHONY JAY DEBONO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – January 9, 1969
Service recordAnthony Jay Debono, of College Point, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cardiac Specialist (91N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- College Point, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 57
- GERALD DUANE STONEMETZSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JUAN BAUZA-PEREZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
From College Point
- HORACE W COWDRICK JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNEDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- ENVER BAJINCorporal · November 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.