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THOMAS ALBERT DOLAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – August 10, 1971
Service recordThomas Albert Dolan, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 127
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 10, 1971
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 127
- LOY WENDELL PIERCESergeant First Class · August 9, 1971
- DELBERT BRYAN RANDALLSpecialist Four · August 9, 1971
- PAUL JENNINGS BATES JRCaptain · August 10, 1971
- SANTOS CASTELLANOS JRStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SANTOS CASTELLANOS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 127
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 128
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.