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THOMAS EDWARD F PEACOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – June 3, 1970
Service recordThomas Edward F Peacock, of Mcarthur, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Mcarthur, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 5
- RICHARD LEE KESTERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- WIELAND CLYDE NORRISPrivate First Class · June 3, 1970
- DANIEL ROSS PARTINSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RONALD EDWIN ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1970
From Mcarthur
- ROY RAY ROBINSONSpecialist Five · February 21, 1968
- JOHN EVERETTE PERRYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JOHN MASON GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- REX FILLMORE CHURCHStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1969
- LAURIE EUGENE BARNESFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- LESLIE REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.