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THOMAS ANDREW GUENTHER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 6, 1950 – February 14, 1970
Service recordThomas Andrew Guenther, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 11
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 11
- LOUIS WILLIAM MCLIN IIIPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WAYNE DABNEY MCRAYSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- VICTOR AURELLIANO MORENOPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- RONALD GEORGE NEUBAUERCaptain · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOBBIE HERALD BREWERStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 7
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 9
- ELDON RAY PAYNEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 9
- LOUIS WILLIAM MCLIN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 11
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
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.