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THOMAS DRUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – March 4, 1970
Service recordThomas Drum, of Johnson City, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Johnson City, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 81
- DENNIS MICHAEL DAUGHERTYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1970
- BARRY CLINTON HIATTLance Corporal · March 4, 1970
- JOHN PAUL JAROSCAKPrivate First Class · March 4, 1970
- JAMES MITCHELL STANLEYCorporal · March 4, 1970
From Johnson City
- WILLIAM CHARLES BULMANSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN MAREKSpecialist Five · August 30, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP VANDUSENConstructionman · September 20, 1968
- RICHARD CARL SCHMIDTStaff Sergeant · January 5, 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.