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MICHAEL PATRICK TOMSIC
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 18, 1950 – June 9, 1970
Service recordMichael Patrick Tomsic, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 35
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 35
- DANIEL JACKSON MCMAHANSergeant · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
- FRANK JOSEPH QUINLAN JRSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- JOHN LESLIE RYDERCaptain · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JACKSON MCMAHANSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 35
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.