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THOMAS BROWN DOWD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1944 – March 1, 1967
Service recordThomas Brown Dowd, of Manhasset, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 127
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Manhasset, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 127
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN GRANDE JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- GARY ARLAND HENDRICKSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
From Manhasset
- SIDNEY COURTNEY M SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- BRUCE ELIOT JRSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWSFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ANDREW THOMAS BUKOVINSKYCorporal · September 26, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MILESCaptain · April 26, 1969
- HARRY SEEBER MOSSMANLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
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.