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TONY GORDON POWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordTony Gordon Powell, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 8
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 8
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OSKILANECLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN WAYNE PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 3
- RUSSELL JAMES HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 5
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.