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THOMAS ANTHONY ECKL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – February 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Anthony Eckl, of Pomona, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 38
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- ALEXANDER FEDOROFFStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DEWEY VICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 50
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.