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TONY HARPER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1945 – July 30, 1969
Service recordTony Harper, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 76
- FRANK R GILCHRIST JRPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- AUGUST FRANKLIN HAMILTONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- CORNELIUS FRANCIS HUBBARDSeaman Apprentice · July 30, 1969
- EUGENE MAJOR ROBINSONSergeant First Class · July 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DOUGLAS MCARTHURFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 77
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.