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THOMAS EUGENE COMBS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 23, 1946 – April 5, 1967
Service recordThomas Eugene Combs, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 102
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 102
- HENRY JOHN DROZDOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- REX LEE CRAIGCaptain · April 5, 1967
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.