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THOMAS EARL DOBRINSKA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 22, 1946 – February 10, 1968
Service recordThomas Earl Dobrinska, of Antigo, Wisconsin, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Antigo, Wisconsin (Langlade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 67
- KENNETH LEE DEVORSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY DOWNING JRStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- ROBERT ROGER GRAYSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD PAUL BREITENBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 65
From Antigo
- WILLIAM LEDFOR CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LARRY JAMES LEINDECKERSeaman · April 30, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES PETERLICHLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL MALUEGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE BENISHEKCorporal · June 7, 1969
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.