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ANTHONY MICHAEL EILERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – June 7, 1971
Service recordAnthony Michael Eilers, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 69
- THOMAS EDI BAUMGARDNER JRSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- DAVID CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- JERRY LYNN THOMASSpecialist Four · June 7, 1971
- MAURICE HERBERT BRYANTCorporal · June 8, 1971
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.