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THOMAS CHARLES GUDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1948 – June 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Charles Guden, of Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Berlin, Wisconsin (Green Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 62
- CARL EUGENE HOLBROOKSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- ROBERT WARNER KURTZMajor · June 25, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
From Berlin
- DARRELL EUGENE MCGEESpecialist Five · July 4, 1969
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
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.