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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Tony Anguiano.

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TONY ANGUIANO

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

December 22, 1950 – July 24, 1971

Service record

Tony 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

Position of Panel 3W 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. 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

From Mineral Wells

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.