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ANTHONY LAWRANCE SPINO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1949 – October 31, 1968
Service recordAnthony Lawrance Spino, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 68
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
- November 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 68
- THOMAS EDWARD SIRBAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ALBERT PETER SMERIGLIOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE SPENCERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE STANKOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.