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THOMAS EDISON RUSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1941 – September 5, 1967
Service recordThomas Edison Russ, of White Lake, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1941
- Home of record
- White Lake, North Carolina (Bladen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 3
- MARTIN WILLIAM PRATHERLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- PAUL DARWIN RAYMONDCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE RAY ROLANDSergeant · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 114
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.