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ANTHONY JOHN GUSTIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1929 – July 7, 1966
Service recordAnthony John Gustin, of Rockland, Maine, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1929
- Home of record
- Rockland, Maine (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 4
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- A T HOWELLPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 4
- JOHN LEON KUKTELIONISSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 5
From Rockland
- LYNN JORDAN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- EARLE EUGEN MCAULIFFE JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
- DONALD LEWIS MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- LINWOOD PRESTON RICKARDSGunnery Sergeant · July 9, 1968
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.