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THOMAS CARL BRONSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1944 – August 31, 1965
Service recordThomas Carl Bronson, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 69
- ROBERT MARION CARN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1965
- TERRY JAMES NEUMEIERCorporal · August 30, 1965
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- DANIEL WALTER DUFFYCorporal · August 31, 1965
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
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.