The male model was an anonymous soldier who died shortly afterwards.

The monologue of an anonymous soldier muttering to himself:

As quickly as they'd assembled, the anonymous soldiers had disappeared back to the road, rejoining the columns trailing east.

Now they were merely anonymous soldiers.

The identity of the anonymous soldier, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, was revealed.

The anonymous soldier, with the dangerous appendix, is having his stomach shaved by another Army nurse.

Letters columns in the 1980s included a roster of all characters introduced into the series; several dozen character names were listed, including some anonymous soldiers.

The book ends with an account of bad omens and an anonymous soldier's grim prophecy.

In one strip, an anonymous soldier seemingly pulls a prank on Zero by selling him a penny for about ten dollars.

Introverted students might prefer to write a journal from an anonymous soldier's point of view.