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THOMAS CLEO FYFFE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – July 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Cleo Fyffe, of Longview, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 48
- JOSEPH TERRY CAMBRONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- IDUS JAMES CONNERLance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN CARL FOYLance Corporal · July 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE LEWIS BIGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 47
- JIMMY LEE HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 49
- MARVIN PETER HUBBARDSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 1
- HOWARD LEE KLENSKECorporal · Panel 50W, Line 1
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 2
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 2
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 2
- DOUGLAS DEAN SLOANSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 3
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- ROBERT RAYMOND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 3
- JOHN RAY WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 4
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 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.