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THEUS EVERETTE DELAIGLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordTheus Everette Delaigle, of Waynesboro, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 62
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Materiel Supply Specialist (76T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Waynesboro, Georgia (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 62
- DONALD NATHANIEL COOPERCorporal · February 28, 1968
- HARRY JAY CORNWELLSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- BENJAMIN CRAIG JRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- GARY LEE CRAMPTONPetty Officer Third Class · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROY WILLIAM DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 63
- TERRY ALAN GILBERTSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- RAY G JENKINSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41E, Line 67
- STEVEN JAY POPKINCaptain · Panel 41E, Line 71
From Waynesboro
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JACKSON ELLIOTT COXSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD SAXONLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR BENNETTSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
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.