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THOMAS DAVID CATLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1949 – June 24, 1970
Service recordThomas David Catlin, of Niles, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Niles, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 87
- TOBY ARTHUR THOMASFireman · June 23, 1970
- GEORGE ROBERT WALLSergeant · June 23, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
- GEORGE ANTHONY CAPUANOSergeant · June 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ANTHONY CAPUANOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 87
- JAMES BEN HICKSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 88
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 89
- RUSSELL EUGENE SLOUGHCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 89
From Niles
- BRUCE R JONESSergeant · August 10, 1961
- DAVID THOMAS ORWIG IIISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · July 20, 1969
- GARY LEE FLECKPrivate First Class · June 26, 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.