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THOMAS ARNOLD SINGLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordThomas Arnold Singleton, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 33
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT E STALEYMajor · May 9, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW CARL ANDERSENSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 13
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- ROBERT LEROY COLESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 16
- QUENTIN HAYESSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 23
- PHILLIP LANS LACKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- PAUL DEIHL WOLFSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 3
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
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.