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ANTHONY JOHN SIVO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordAnthony John Sivo, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 3
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 3
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · July 24, 1968
- RANDOLPH MICHAEL TARJANYCaptain · July 24, 1968
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH MICHAEL TARJANYCaptain · Panel 50W, Line 3
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
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.