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ANTHONY JEROME PORTIS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 7, 1949 – August 15, 1968
Service recordAnthony Jerome Portis, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 19
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 19
- ARCHIE LEE NELSON JRPrivate · August 15, 1968
- JAMES RONALD PARKERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT VINCENT SIMONSStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 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.