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ANTHONY JOHN NEMETH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordAnthony John Nemeth, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 28
- RICK HAROLD FOSBURGStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · May 7, 1968
- DANIEL LEON NAVARROPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEROY BRADEESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 27
- EDDIE BERNARD SANDSMaster Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE M VICTORSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 33
- DONALD WINSLOW WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.