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ANTHONY MARIAN FIRAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1944 – November 7, 1969
Service recordAnthony Marian Firak, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 42
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DARTSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED GAISERFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1969
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 1969
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 43
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.