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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Frederick Anthony.

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JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONY

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

April 3, 1947 – February 1, 1967

Service record

John Frederick Anthony, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 112

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
April 3, 1947
Home of record
Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 1, 1967
Age
19
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 112

From Port Huron

All 24 names from Port Huron →

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.