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THOMAS EUGENE CONKEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1950 – December 4, 1968
Service recordThomas Eugene Conkel, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 38
- GABRIEL CARDONA JRCorporal · December 4, 1968
- ROBERT CLOKESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- FREEMON EVANSSergeant · December 4, 1968
- ROBERT PHILIP FISCHERCorporal · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN BABULJAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 37
- WALTER FRANK BYRD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
- JAMES EDWARD JONESCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 40
- WILLIE GERALD JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- RICHARD EDMUND NITSCHE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- DONALD ROBERT STOLTZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 42
- BROADUS WAYNE VERNONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 43
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 44
From Circleville
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 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.