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THOMAS FRANCIS SUDLESKY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordThomas Francis Sudlesky, of Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Susquehanna, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 51
- DOUGLAS KEN BARONSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- VINCENT BERNARDLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BERRYCorporal · September 21, 1968
- ADRIAN COOGIE BRITTLE JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
From Susquehanna
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.