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THOMAS ARTHUR CONKLIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 6, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordThomas Arthur Conklin, of South Euclid, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 112
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- South Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 112
- MICHAEL HOWARD COLLINSCorporal · May 26, 1967
- PATRICK CONNERCorporal · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT WILKINSON COOKWarrant Officer 1 · May 26, 1967
- CHARLES ALVIN CRUMPCorporal · May 26, 1967
From South Euclid
- RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNERMajor · August 23, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH BODNARFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- MARK DUANE MARSHALLCorporal · March 29, 1969
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1970
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.