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ANTHONY KONSTANT KERCOUDE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1949 – September 21, 1968
Service recordAnthony Konstant Kercoude, of Potomac, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Potomac, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 55
- ROBERT FRANK CONLEYCaptain · September 21, 1968
- DAVID RUDOLPH LATSCHSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- STANLEY ROBERT LEWANDOWSKYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LHOTASpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
From Potomac
- LEWIS EDGAR CASNER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1970
- JOHN HENRY CALL IIICaptain · April 6, 1972
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.