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ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – November 6, 1966
Service recordAnthony Joseph Gadda JR, of Hackensack, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Hackensack, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 33
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- PAUL CHARLES HAMBY JRSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- EDWARD PETER STEFANIKSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
From Hackensack
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JOHN COYLESpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL KOZAKSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 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.