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THOMAS ALPHONSE WOOLRIDGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – July 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Alphonse Woolridge, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 1
- DALE LARRY WEAVERLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
- JOE BUCK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WINTERTONLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 40
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.