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THOMAS ARNOLD BIRD JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1942 – March 21, 1966
Service recordThomas Arnold Bird JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- November 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 28
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.