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THOMAS FRANCIS DELANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – July 27, 1970
Service recordThomas Francis Delano, of Tarzana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Tarzana, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 58
- DOUGLAS PAUL ATKINSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1970
- TERRENCE ROY BILLINGSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
- MICHAEL R BLANCHETTESpecialist Four · July 27, 1970
- ALBERT CALMESECorporal · July 27, 1970
From Tarzana
- ARTHUR EUGENE BEDALFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1963
- DAVID HENRY WILSON IISpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES MCANDREWSergeant · June 11, 1970
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.