Anson Thorne Geronzin Jr.

Anson "Tony" Thorne Geronzin Jr.
U.S. Army
Specialist 4 [E-4]
Biography:
Anson “Tony” Geronzin Junior grew up in Clinton and graduated from Clinton High School and Clinton Community College. He began his tour in Vietnam in October 1968, serving with the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry of the 196th Infantry. Geronzin was a mortar squad leader who volunteered for a mission to help acclimated several new men in the troop. He was killed June 23, 1969 while on patrol in Quang Tin Province near Tien Phuoc. Friends remembering him claim he was ten days from going home. Specialist 4th Class Geronzin was buried in Clinton Lawn Cemetery.
County:
Clinton
City of EntryClinton
Conflict/Time PeriodVietnam War
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Separation StatusKilled In Action (KIA)
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