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ANTHONY PRESTON NASH
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – January 12, 1969
Service recordAnthony Preston Nash, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Fountain Inn, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 77
- ALAN DALE HAVENSPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- LAWTON ARVIL KEENERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · January 12, 1969
- DONALD RAY LUCASPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
From Fountain Inn
- DAVID LAFATE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE MAHYTechnical Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- FRANKIE B JOHNSON JRSpecialist Six · April 21, 1968
- J LYNN STENHOUSE JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.