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THOMAS EDWARD TESTORFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – March 17, 1971
Service recordThomas Edward Testorff, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 57
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 57
- RUSSELL GEORGE AHRENSSpecialist Five · March 18, 1971
- ALAN BRENT BOFFMANFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1971
- KEITH ALLAN BRANDTCaptain · March 18, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT CHAMPLINStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HARRY CARLTON KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 55
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · Panel 4W, Line 56
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · Panel 4W, Line 56
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.