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ANTHONY PHILIP AGAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – May 7, 1969
Service recordAnthony Philip Agar, of Larchmont, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Larchmont, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 16
- JAMES ARTHUR BORDENSergeant · May 7, 1969
- DALE ALLEN FAHRNIPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH GLYNN JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1969
- WALLIS GILBERT PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BORDENSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 16
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 17
- ROY LAWRENCE MCDONALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 18
- ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN PENNSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 18
From Larchmont
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KEATING JRMajor · May 22, 1968
- ERNEST JAMES HILLCorporal · July 14, 1968
- JOHN PEDDIE BATTERSON JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DANIEL MARTIN BROWNAirman First Class · June 4, 1971
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.