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NOBLE THOMAS HEAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – October 27, 1968
Service recordNoble Thomas Head, of Macon, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 44
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Macon, Missouri (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 44
- LARRY DELANO HOSFORDMajor · October 27, 1968
- ARLEN JOHN HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- DOUGLAS CLEMENS KLOSESpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- JIMMY RUSSELL LIPECorporal · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 41
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 41
- EDWARD PATRICK MULLINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 45
From Macon
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- ROGER LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · December 5, 1971
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.