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THOMAS EUGENE NOVAK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1949 – December 21, 1968
Service recordThomas Eugene Novak, of Swanton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 58
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
- Regular
- Born
- October 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Swanton, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 58
- ADELBERT EARL MCRAESergeant · December 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE OCONNORSergeant · December 21, 1968
- RODNEY TERRANCE PRATTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- RUBEN PRIETOSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
From Swanton
- RICHARD MARTIN VASKOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS DAVISLance Corporal · March 11, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
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.