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ANTHONY JOHN PODEBRADSKY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – February 15, 1968
Service recordAnthony John Podebradsky, of Lena, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 52
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Lena, Wisconsin (Oconto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 52
- JOHN ROCCO PERRETTACorporal · February 15, 1968
- GARRY REGINALD POWELLPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD BEEDING QUILL JRMajor · February 15, 1968
- ALVIN LOUIS RAPERPetty Officer Second Class · February 15, 1968
From Lena
- CHARLES ROSS DEWINDTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
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.