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THOMAS EARL ALDERSON
Captain · U.S. Army
October 9, 1941 – October 3, 1968
Service recordThomas Earl Alderson, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 65
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Dental Officer (3170)
- Born
- October 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 65
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- RICHARD M WELCHFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- DONALD LEE WESTERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1968
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 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.