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ANTHONY JOSEPH BATTISTA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1942 – April 16, 1966
Service recordAnthony Joseph Battista, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Dunmore, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 116
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WALTER MONROE COLLINSPrivate · April 16, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1966
From Dunmore
- CAROL ANN ELIZABET DRAZBASecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTONPrivate · June 18, 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.