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ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1946 – March 2, 1968
Service recordAnthony Joseph Breuer, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 28
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1946
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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 42E, Line 28
- HARLAN RAY BRANDTSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JERRY WALTER BYERSSergeant · March 2, 1968
- MARK DOUGLAS COOLCorporal · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUNIUS COLUMBUS COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 29
- TONY SYLVESTER OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 38
- DANA HYLAND ROESNERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 40
- RONALD JOSEPH STILLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 42
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 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.