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TONY ANGUIANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1950 – July 24, 1971
Service recordTony Anguiano, of Mineral Wells, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Mineral Wells, Texas (Palo Pinto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 112
- RICHARD LEE PAGESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- DAVID BERNARD BEGLAUSergeant · July 22, 1971
- LUIS JOSE MONROIGFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1971
- MARGARITO RODRIQUEZ GOMEZSpecialist Four · July 23, 1971
From Mineral Wells
- CURTIS CARL NICKERSONSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- HOMER LEE HODGES JRLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 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.
