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THOMAS ARTHUR WIESE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1948 – March 29, 1969
Service recordThomas Arthur Wiese, of Mullen, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Mullen, Nebraska (Hooker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 88
- MICHAEL LEE WILKINSSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- LYLE GLENN ASTONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- ELMER EDWARD BARRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 78
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 82
- FRANK LESLIE KECKPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 82
- JOHN LEROY PARTEESergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 85
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.