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ANTHONY JOHN SESTITO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1943 – June 5, 1969
Service recordAnthony John Sestito, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 79
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 79
- HANK SALLYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- ALEXANDER P SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- DENNIS LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT TILLEMANPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BOMAR BALITSARISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 70
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.