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JAMES LOUIS ANTE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1942 – September 3, 1967
Service recordJames Louis Ante, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 91
- VALLANCE GALEN ARKIECorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BROWNINGPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 91
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 25E, Line 93
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 94
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS MARSHALL JRLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
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.