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ANTHONY VIGIL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordAnthony Vigil, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 35
- EDWIN WARD VANORDEN JRLieutenant · November 19, 1967
- DANIEL VARELAPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- RICHARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- RUDOLPH NATHINAL WARDPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.