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THOMAS ANTHONY DVORATCHEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1941 – October 5, 1965
Service recordThomas Anthony Dvoratchek, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 108
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- BEN JOHNSON JRSergeant First Class · October 5, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 2E, Line 107
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL MURPHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 109
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.