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THOMAS ALLEN CERES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – July 10, 1969
Service recordThomas Allen Ceres, of Lake Park, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 92
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Park, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 92
- WILLIAM B CHRISTENSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 10, 1969
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · July 10, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ELLISLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBIN KIRMEYER WETZLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 96
From Lake Park
- MICHAEL D HOLLINGSWORTHLieutenant (junior grade) · February 4, 1968
- CHARLES GLEN HEWITTLance Corporal · March 28, 1970
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.