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THOMAS DEAL MENDENHALL
Major · U.S. Army
December 8, 1931 – April 18, 1967
Service recordThomas Deal Mendenhall, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1931
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 46
- ROGER EDWARD MATHISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1967
- CALVIN EUGENE NEWELLCorporal · April 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RHINEHospitalman · April 18, 1967
- WILLIE FRANK AMOSPrivate · April 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DWIGHT BRUCESpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 44
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 45
- PATRICK LAWRENCE HALEYCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 45
- VERNICE HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 45
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.