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THOMAS CHARLES WALSH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 20, 1938 – September 10, 1966
Service recordThomas Charles Walsh, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 10, 1966, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 85
- LAWRENCE BYRON TATUMColonel · September 10, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PAUL GARY WEIGANDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.