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THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCK
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
March 22, 1924 – November 1, 1964
Service recordThomas Daniel Whitlock, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 22, 1924
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1964
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 71
- DANIEL GEORGE DAWSONCaptain · November 6, 1964
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- DARL RUSSELL BLOOMCaptain · November 13, 1964
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
- EMIL GEORGE MEGIVERONPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.