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THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1946 – December 16, 1967
Service recordThomas Eugene Priesthoff, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 13
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 13
- HARLEY ROY STANDRIDGECorporal · December 16, 1967
- JAMES TIMOTHY TAYLORLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JAMES MYER THOMASLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM VASILOPULOSCorporal · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BEEB CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 8
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- EDWARD ARTHUR FINLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 9
- DAVID RANDOLPH GIFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 9
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 10
- KENNETH DONALD KRALICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 11
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 14
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 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.