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ANTON WALTER BOROSKI
Captain · U.S. Army
May 6, 1930 – June 26, 1969
Service recordAnton Walter Boroski, of Copperas Cove, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 6, 1930
- Home of record
- Copperas Cove, Texas (Coryell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 16
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN STRINGERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- BARRY NEAL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
- ROY KENNETH WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 25, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID AYERSCorporal · June 26, 1969
From Copperas Cove
- CHESTER MELVIN OVNANDMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1959
- PAUL BLOUNT MCKINLEYSpecialist Six · November 22, 1967
- HERBERT KOLIBASergeant First Class · May 15, 1968
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 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.