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THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIER
Captain · U.S. Army
July 20, 1938 – July 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Albert Derosier, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Military Intelligence Officer (9300)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 187 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “187 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 27
- WILBUR LYNN COSSONPetty Officer First Class · July 7, 1967
- DAVID MARIUS DURANCEAULance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 31
- IVRA ALLEN TATUMCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 32
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH RAGOCorporal · March 9, 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.