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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Alfred Preaux.

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THOMAS ALFRED PREAUX

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

September 7, 1928 – April 26, 1967

Service record

Thomas Alfred Preaux, of Cecil, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 18E · Line 97

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
September 7, 1928
Home of record
Cecil, Pennsylvania (Washington County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 26, 1967
Age
38
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; seven of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Cecil

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.