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THOMAS EDWARD BADAVAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Badavas, of Garwood, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Garwood, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 67
- THOMAS HOWARD ZEHNERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- CHARLES PHILLIP ALEXANDERCorporal · February 21, 1967
- THOMAS HARRY BAKERCorporal · February 21, 1967
- DOMINGO R S BORJASergeant First Class · February 21, 1967
From Garwood
- KEVIN CORCORANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JOSEPH VINCENT WHELANCaptain · October 25, 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.