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ANTONI BOGUSLAW PURWIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordAntoni Boguslaw Purwin, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 1
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · May 13, 1968
- JAMES AUSTIN RIDER JRCorporal · May 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMOS LEE FRANKLINCorporal · Panel 59E, Line 22
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.