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THOMAS EDWARD CAST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Cast, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 70
- WILLIAM H CARPENTER JRPrivate · December 27, 1967
- WILLIAM ARNOLD CASONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- KENNETH LEE CHAPPELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- BOYD EUGENE JONESSergeant · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT CRITCHFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 71
- ROBERT MICHAEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 83
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.