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THOMAS ALAN DELANEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1951 – March 22, 1970
Service recordThomas Alan Delaney, of Maywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Maywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 33
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
- DONALD TERRY GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
- NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES HATFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · March 22, 1970
From Maywood
- WILLIAM VERNON POTTERPetty Officer First Class · July 18, 1967
- DARREL WAYNE HEERENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN EVANSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- PEDRO CORDOVA GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- ARTHUR THOMAS BIEMERETLance Corporal · March 11, 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.