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THOMAS EDWARD LILLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Lilley, of Toms River, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Toms River, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 24
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- DAVID HARRY LEWISStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN LOBACKCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOHN B MADISONStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 20
- GRADY SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE SEATONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 30
- WILTON JAMES SULLINGER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 32
From Toms River
- PETER GARY SCAVUZZOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY KELLYLieutenant · January 17, 1967
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- CHARLES FAIRCHILD GODFREYSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- GARY EDWARD JENSENSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- GEORGE HOWARD GLAWSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1971
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.