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THOMAS EARL WHITAKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordThomas Earl Whitaker, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 70
- REGGIE LEE VANCEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JOHN DAVID VAUGHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JAN BERNARD WAHLSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- GENE JOSEPH WHEATPetty Officer Second Class · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM E G BOBBITTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 57
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- JAN DEAN DOXEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 62
- EDWARD W GEROSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 62
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 62
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 63
- KENNETH WAYNE ROCHESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 64
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.