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THOMAS DANIEL TIGHE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – January 10, 1970
Service recordThomas Daniel Tighe, of Milford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 24
- JOHN ALBERT ORDNERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1970
- JAMES HENRY ZUMBRUNSergeant First Class · January 10, 1970
- KENNETH BRYANT BECKMANLance Corporal · January 11, 1970
- GROVER COLEMAN BOWERS JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY LEGASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 23
From Milford
- JEFFERY RAYMOND MALONEYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAUNLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- RICHARD DOUGLAS CONKLINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1970
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.