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THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1945 – November 12, 1966
Service recordThomas Eddy Birdsall, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 58
- ROY GENE ALVISPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- CHARLES T ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- EDUARDO AYALACorporal · November 12, 1966
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- KENNETH MILES EDWARDSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
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.