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THOMAS ARNOLD LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1950 – July 22, 1970
Service recordThomas Arnold Long, of Brookfield, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Missouri (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 43
- GEORGE ROBERT KELLEYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- LYLE ARCHIE KLOEKSpecialist Four · July 22, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM KRECKELStaff Sergeant · July 22, 1970
- RONALD ANDREW OLESENSergeant First Class · July 22, 1970
From Brookfield
- LANNY GAYLE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE HOLZER JRFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1969
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.