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JOHN EDWARD ANTHONY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 14, 1948 – August 19, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Anthony, of Pomona, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 123
- GARY WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
- JIMMY RONALD WALTONStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL BAILEYSpecialist Four · August 19, 1970
- ROBERT LESLIE BROWNLance Corporal · August 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK WILLARD CROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 124
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.