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THOMAS BINION
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1942 – March 29, 1966
Service recordThomas Binion, of Reform, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Reform, Alabama (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 59
- COLON RICARDO RODRIGUEZSergeant · March 28, 1966
- GREGORY VAN ARMSTEADPrivate · March 29, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY VAN ARMSTEADPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 59
- RICHARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 59
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.