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THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDO
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1945 – October 8, 1966
Service recordThomas Dean Congiardo, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 60
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 60
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- HERMAN LEE COOPERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY FELDHAUSCommander · October 8, 1966
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 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.