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THOMAS DEWEY WILCOX
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – June 4, 1968
Service recordThomas Dewey Wilcox, of Marion, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Marion, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 13
- RAYMOND THOMAS STEELELance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- MATAU TOIA JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- LONNIE MARK WEDRICKPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- BENJAMIN JEFFE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE SHELTON PROCTORSergeant · Panel 60W, Line 12
From Marion
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- LARRY A MOORECaptain · December 6, 1967
- ROY ALAN MEIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 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.