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THOMAS CARMINE DEPALMA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1945 – May 22, 1969
Service recordThomas Carmine Depalma, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 76
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 76
- CHARLES ALLEN HILBERTPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · May 22, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND JACKSONSergeant · May 22, 1969
- RALFORD JOHN JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ARNOLDMajor · Panel 24W, Line 73
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · Panel 24W, Line 74
- DOUGLAS FILLEBROWN MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 78
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
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.