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THOMAS EDWARD WYNNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1949 – February 20, 1970
Service recordThomas Edward Wynne, of Bay Shore, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Bay Shore, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 39
- LARRY DAVID WOODSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- WILLIAM WAYNE WOODSergeant · February 20, 1970
- VICTOR ZARAGOZASergeant · February 20, 1970
- GORDON F ZIMMERMANSergeant First Class · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN ROGERSSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 38
From Bay Shore
- STEVEN ANDREW BUTLERPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN FUNKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SOLTANSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JAMES PAUL HALENPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
- ARTHUR EDWARD MCLEODChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 12, 1971
- DOUGLAS JAY CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 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.