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DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – January 5, 1969
Service recordDamian Thomas Tomasko, of Portage, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 41
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Portage, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 41
- DAN ALLEN VANEREMLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- JOE JEFFERSON BRACKENSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWARSergeant First Class · January 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE PAUL GRAYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 39
- HORACE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 39
- CARL ROBERT PETERSENSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 40
From Portage
- RUSSELL JAMES SWANHARTLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL NOELCorporal · June 5, 1968
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.