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THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – May 4, 1967
Service recordThomas Allen Brynelsen, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 35
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 35
- ROBERT BRUCE BEESONSergeant · May 4, 1967
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CASSINSergeant · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 38
- RICHARD K WHITFIELDStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 41
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.