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THOMAS BLAIR KEMERER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1945 – July 19, 1966
Service recordThomas Blair Kemerer, of Mt Pleasant, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 40
- MEREDITH GERALD HUBBARDSergeant · July 19, 1966
- LAMOND JOSEPH JACKSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- ALLEN LEO JELINEKPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
From Mt Pleasant
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- DAVID ELSON HOMMELSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE WILKINSPrivate · April 2, 1968
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
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.