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WARD LEROY ANTHONY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – April 17, 1968
Service recordWard Leroy Anthony, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- HOWARD WAYNE BANDELIERPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
- VERNON WALTER BURGESONStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.