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ANTONIO TONY TOSA
Private · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – August 17, 1971
Service recordAntonio Tony Tosa, of Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 133
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (Sandoval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 133
- TIMOTHY JAMES LYNCHSpecialist Four · August 16, 1971
- ARTHUR GERALD DENTONSergeant First Class · August 18, 1971
- WILLIE CLYDE KUYKENDALLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1971
- JOHN LESLIE BRANNONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1971
From Jemez Pueblo
- GEORGE LEONARD FRAGUAPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- FRANK TAFOYAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- THOMAS AMBROSE TOLEDOSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
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.