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ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 6, 1948 – May 12, 1968
Service recordAnthony Raymond Prieto, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 11
- ALLEN W MCNEILSergeant · May 12, 1968
- FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOMMajor · May 12, 1968
- FREDERICK DALE RICKELSPrivate · May 12, 1968
- GREGORY ARNOLD RINDYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.