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THOMAS A MCCORMICK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1949 – May 4, 1968
Service recordThomas A McCormick JR, of Mattapan, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mattapan, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 38
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SUTTON MOBLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MORANCorporal · May 4, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JRStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS BANE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 35
- BERNARD RICHARD MAZURSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
From Mattapan
- JEFFREY PHILIP MYERSLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- RONALD WILLIAM SHALLERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM MCGINNChief Petty Officer · September 12, 1968
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.