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ANTHONY JOHN CABOT JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – June 30, 1969
Service recordAnthony John Cabot JR, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 36
- ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMANCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EUGENE THOMAS COXSergeant · June 30, 1969
- GERALD CHARLES DALEYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JOSEPHUS DANIELSSergeant · June 30, 1969
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
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.