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THOMAS EDWARD TONGRET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 17, 1941 – April 25, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Tongret, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- RONALD NELSON WANBAUGHCorporal · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.