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JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKO
Captain · U.S. Army
June 19, 1935 – June 1, 1967
Service recordJoseph Andrew Tomko, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 30
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 19, 1935
- Home of record
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 30
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- SAMMIE J VOLLMARPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ROGER LEE WHINERYHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LONNEY LEWIS EHLERSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 27
- EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 29
From Aliquippa
- DOYLE WILMER LYNNCommander · May 27, 1965
- JOHN WILLIE WHITEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1965
- RAYMOND SANTILLISpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
- JULIUS EDGAR JENKINSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- NICK PANELLA JRPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COWARTLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- ADOLPHUS ELLISPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE RYLAND KOMANSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1968
- ALFRED BENNETT CAFRELLISpecialist Four · April 21, 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.