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ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALAS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1946 – July 10, 1967
Service recordAnthony Steven Papalas, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 45
- REX KAYE OFFIELDLance Corporal · July 10, 1967
- ORIS LAMAR POOLESpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KIKAU KEAMaster Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 43
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 43
- CLAUDE PAUL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 44
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 47
From Hermosa Beach
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1970
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.