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THOMAS FRANK PRESBY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1946 – July 24, 1966
Service recordThomas Frank Presby, of Sunland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Sunland, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 71
- JAMES ROBERT NASHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- DAVID PAUL SPEARSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT LARRY STUDARDSLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
From Sunland
- RONALD HARVEY MCNEESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1965
- RICHARD HUGH MCHAMPetty Officer Third Class · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · September 16, 1968
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.