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JOSEPH ROY ANTHONY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1949 – February 11, 1971
Service recordJoseph Roy Anthony, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 94
- MARK JOHN ROBERTSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 10, 1971
- MONETTE VON WHITEPrivate · February 10, 1971
- KENNETH ALLEN BARGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 11, 1971
- RAYMOND FRANK CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE HELBERTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 96
- WILLIAM LYNN WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 98
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.