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THOMAS EDWARD CARUSO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1946 – September 23, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Caruso, of Anaheim, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 128
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 128
- JOHN MANUAL CHAVEZPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- JUAN A DIAZ-DOMENECHCorporal · September 23, 1969
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.