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BENJAMIN JONES ANTHONY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1936 – November 24, 1970
Service recordBenjamin Jones Anthony, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 11, 1936
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 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 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 81
- MICHAEL DAVID GEHRTSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- ROBERT CARL GOTTIERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- PAUL GLEN KELLEYTechnical Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- WARREN HERBERT MOBLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DALE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 82
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.