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ANTHONY PAUL MEOLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – January 9, 1967
Service recordAnthony Paul Meola, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 1
- JOHN JOSEPH LYNN JRCorporal · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND MEDINAStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1967
- DAVID B MERRILLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- LONNY LEROY MITZELAirman Second Class · January 9, 1967
- BRIAN RICHARD OCONNORSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.