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THOMAS DEAN VINCENT
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 10, 1934 – February 25, 1965
Service recordThomas Dean Vincent, of Carthage, Texas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 61
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Carthage, Texas (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 61
- LEE BERNARD TATELieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- JUAN RAMON TREVINOPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- IVAN ALFEROFFSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES MALCOLM ARBUTHNOTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
From Carthage
- CECIL BENNY BRIDGESCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- JAMES MINTER LANGFORDSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · May 11, 1968
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.