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DAVID HAROLD TOMIKEL
Private · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – January 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Harold Tomikel, of Seabrook, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 34
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Seabrook, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 34
- KENNETH WALTER PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1969
- WILLIAM BLAINE ROLLINS JRSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
- ORMAN STONECorporal · January 18, 1969
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
From Seabrook
- JOHN HOLMES LINNPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.