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THOMAS EDWARD IRWIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – August 19, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Irwin, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 16
- BAXTER HARRISON ELLISPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- WALLACE MICHAEL JACKSONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
- RANDALL GORDON JACOBSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- MICHAEL BOMBERGER KOONSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
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.