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ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – December 31, 1968
Service recordAnthony Peter Buscemi, of Bellerose, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellerose, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 11
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · December 31, 1968
- STEVEN CHARLES CZARNECKISergeant · December 31, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN DUGGERFirst Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- JOHN JACOB MCLAY JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 11
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 12
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 13
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 14
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 14
From Bellerose
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 1969
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.