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THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordThomas Andrew Marchut, of Sayreville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 39
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sayreville, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 39
- NORMAN OTTIS COPELANDCorporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER EDWIN LYONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL MABERYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN CAMPENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 33
- LARRY VERNAL CLASPILLSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 33
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 34
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 35
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 35
- JOHN HERSTON JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 37
- HAROLD ANDREW KRAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 37
- JAMES EDWARD STOVERPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD WESTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 46
From Sayreville
- FRANCIS DUANE BATTISTALance Corporal · November 11, 1967
- WALTER DANIEL FAITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADASergeant · May 21, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
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.