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ANTHONY LEROY LEMA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – January 11, 1969
Service recordAnthony Leroy Lema, of Hughson, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Hughson, California (Stanislaus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- CONRAD JOSEPH KUFFELSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- HAROLD J SLINGERLAND JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 73
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 73
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 74
From Hughson
- JACK DATE LETOURNEAUFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- JOHN HENRY FRANKLINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- COY FOSTER STARKCorporal · June 12, 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.