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GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1948 – May 2, 1969
Service recordGerald Douglas Anthony, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 96
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Tullahoma, Tennessee (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 96
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- FRANKLIN G ATKINSON JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
- RODNEY JOE BLACKSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
From Tullahoma
- RANDY NEAL WARDSpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- KENNETH LEE KIRKESSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY KELLEYPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1968
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- TERRILL EDWARD BRADFORDSpecialist Five · April 29, 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.