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ANTHONY JOHN TENCZA
Colonel · U.S. Army
May 13, 1919 – July 15, 1962
Service recordAnthony John Tencza, of Wallington, New Jersey, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Born
- May 13, 1919
- Home of record
- Wallington, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1962
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1962. In July 1962, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 11
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- WILLIAM REUBEN BUNKER IIICaptain · July 16, 1962
- RICHARD LEIALOHA K ELLISSpecialist Five · October 5, 1962
From Wallington
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.