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ANTHONY JOHN EDWARDS
Private · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – August 4, 1968
Service recordAnthony John Edwards, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 7
- DON RAY BACHELORCorporal · August 4, 1968
- EUGENE MELVIN BARNETTSpecialist Four · August 4, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES BECKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- HENRY MCDONALD BRUCEGunnery Sergeant · August 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS ELIOT HOLCMANSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 8
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.