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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Anthony Fodaro.

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THOMAS ANTHONY FODARO

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

February 3, 1930 – January 13, 1966

Service record

Thomas Anthony Fodaro, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 13, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4E · Line 69

Position of Panel 4E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
February 3, 1930
Home of record
Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 13, 1966
Age
35
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1966; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 4E, Line 69

From Syracuse

All 58 names from Syracuse →

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.