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THOMAS FARRELL ELDRIDGE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1940 – December 29, 1965
Service recordThomas Farrell Eldridge, of Rouses Point, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 44
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Born
- November 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Rouses Point, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 44
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- JOHN STEPHEN SCHMIDFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
From Rouses Point
- JOHN FRANCIS SNOWPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN LAFOUNTAINPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
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.