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THOMAS ARTHUR BIDDULPH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1945 – October 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Arthur Biddulph, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 41
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 41
- DENNIS CARLTON ACKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
- RICHARD LOYD BRAY IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EARL CANNONSergeant · October 27, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RUSSELL LIPECorporal · Panel 40W, Line 44
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.