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ANTHONY JOHN MANCUSO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – June 25, 1968
Service recordAnthony John Mancuso, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 36
- EDWARD MARZENELL JRSergeant · June 25, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MELLOCorporal · June 25, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD MORRISCaptain · June 25, 1968
- HENRY LINDSAY PAGE IIISpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.