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THOMAS ANTHONY PARDO
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – July 18, 1970
Service recordThomas Anthony Pardo, of Flushing, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 29
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- WILLIAM A NORRENBROCKSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID ROLLASONSergeant · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PRESTON PAUL WINLAND JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 30
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.