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THOMAS EDWARD HEALY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1949 – June 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Edward Healy, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 27
- DAVID FRANKLIN HELMSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- MAHLON LEWIS KELLEYSergeant · June 8, 1970
- ALBERT ALFRED STLAWRENCESergeant · June 8, 1970
From Kenton
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE KRAMERSergeant · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 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.