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THOMAS BERNHARD PAYNTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – May 25, 1969
Service recordThomas Bernhard Paynter, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 106
- EDWARD THOMAS ODONOVANPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- GREGORY JON OLSENCorporal · May 25, 1969
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL ONEILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- CALVIN RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 102
- DONALD WILLIAM IDEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 103
- JOSEPH F MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 105
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.