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CARL DELBERT TOMLIN JR
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 19, 1943 – October 31, 1971
Service recordCarl Delbert Tomlin JR, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 31, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 58
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 58
- ANGEL ALARID QUEVEDOPrivate First Class · October 31, 1971
- THOMAS PAUL FRANKCommander · November 1, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN HINOSpecialist Four · November 1, 1971
- JOSE MALDONADOStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1971
From Taylor
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
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.