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THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – August 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Campbell Bamford, of Fullerton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 21
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 21
- RICHARD LEE TATUMSergeant · August 6, 1968
- RONALD DAVID WHITLOWPetty Officer Third Class · August 6, 1968
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 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.