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THOMAS B ORR JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 16, 1938 – January 8, 1969
Service recordThomas B Orr JR, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 8, 1969, in Thailand, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 16, 1938
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 55
- DANA JAMES KAEBERLECorporal · January 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RAULISON POLGLASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR RIVES JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.