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BOBBY DEAN ANTHONY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 27, 1949 – January 31, 1969
Service recordBobby Dean Anthony, of Cherryville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 23
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Cherryville, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 23
- RONALD ARTHUR VANWAMBEKEPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- HOMER WESTPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM AMBROSE IIIPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EVERETT BROOKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 24
- IRVIN WILLIS PROSSER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 28
From Cherryville
- LARRY KEITH HEAVNERLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- WARREN DANE CAMPBELLStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1967
- LARRY DEAN SAINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- FRANKLIN EARL WRIGHTPetty Officer Second Class · November 10, 1969
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.