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PATRICK JAMES THIROWAY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordPatrick James Thiroway JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 15
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 15
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- GARY PAUL NOBLEPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- TROY ROBERT OLIVER JRCaptain · May 19, 1968
- RAYMOND FARLEY TRANTHAMLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 7
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GARY NELSON FRYESergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- WALTER BENJAMIN KRUPSKICorporal · Panel 63E, Line 12
- RICHARD PAUL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- THOMAS RONALD PURSELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 63E, Line 16
- JERRY MONROE WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 64E, Line 1
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.