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THOMAS EDWARD SEMANS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 11, 1950 – August 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Semans, of Norwalk, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 4
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 4
- EDWARD COX HAMMERBECKSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1969
- GERALD HILBERT SAMPSONCaptain · August 28, 1969
- PATRICK ANGELO SANTOSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SCHAFFERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
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.