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THOMAS EUGENE LATHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1945 – May 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Latham, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 74
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Tennessee (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 74
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL KNAUSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT GAIL KRELLCorporal · May 12, 1969
- ALFRED LEWIS LAWYERCorporal · May 12, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN LEFLERSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 61
- ALVIN CRAWFORD HINSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 71
- FELICE NICHOLS RATTASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 82
From Sweetwater
- TOMMY ROBERT WILSONSergeant · December 2, 1965
- FREDDY LYNN GRAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- LARRY RANDALL ARWOODSergeant · November 9, 1967
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.