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TEDDY JAMES TOMCHESSON
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 18, 1929 – May 5, 1968
Service recordTeddy James Tomchesson, of Marlin, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Marlin, Texas (Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 33
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- PETER RUDOLPH TURCOTTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM WACKERFUSSMajor · May 5, 1968
From Marlin
- SHERMAN RAY WAITESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROY LEE GREENSAGEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- AARON LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.