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THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1944 – October 2, 1966
Service recordThomas Edwin Beglinger, of Attica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Attica, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 35
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- JIMMIE DELL GRAYSergeant · October 2, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 34
- JIMMIE DELL GRAYSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 35
- LOUIS EDWARD HADDOCK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 36
- DUNCAN ALEXANDER MACFETTERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 37
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 37
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 38
From Attica
- CARL ARTHUR SMITHLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- WALTER HARM BROOKS JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
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.