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THOMAS EDWARD LITHERLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – February 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward Litherland, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 362 ENG CO
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “362 ENG CO”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 5
- BILLY CHARLESSergeant First Class · February 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR HANCOCKCorporal · February 7, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN JENNINGSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DWIGHT DALE JONESSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT DALE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 5
- JOHN LARRY LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 6
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.