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THOMAS ALBERT DELLWO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – March 15, 1971
Service recordThomas Albert Dellwo, of Choteau, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 48
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Choteau, Montana (Teton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 48
- JAMES BINGENHEIMERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- FRANCIS MICHAEL CURRYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1971
- JOHN ELAM JRSergeant · March 15, 1971
- PATRICK DOUGLAS ERBWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ELLIOTT HARLANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 49
From Choteau
- JAMES EDWARD UNDERWOODMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEE EDWARD NORDAHLLieutenant Commander · December 20, 1965
- ROGER WILLIAM HOODCorporal · April 13, 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.