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JAMES HOWARD TOMLINSON SR
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1932 – October 30, 1967
Service recordJames Howard Tomlinson SR, of East Palatka, Florida, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 101
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1932
- Home of record
- East Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 101
- RAY EUGENE COLNSpecialist Four · October 30, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS RENSHAWLance Corporal · October 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS REYMANSergeant · October 30, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 99
- KENNETH GREGORY HANSONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 100
- MICHAEL WILLIAM KENTERSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 100
From East Palatka
- WILLIE KNOWLES JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- MATTHEW ERNEST GREERCorporal · May 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.