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THOMAS AMBROSE TOLEDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – March 6, 1971
Service recordThomas Ambrose Toledo, of Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (Sandoval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 29
- WILLIAM LOUIS COFFEYSergeant First Class · March 6, 1971
- TERRY LEE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- WILLIAM PATRICK MILLINERChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
- MORRIS WOODWARD PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALBERT LUKESpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 28
From Jemez Pueblo
- GEORGE LEONARD FRAGUAPrivate First Class · December 25, 1966
- FRANK TAFOYAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ANTONIO TONY TOSAPrivate · August 17, 1971
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.