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THOMAS FRANKLIN IRVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – January 11, 1971
Service recordThomas Franklin Irvin, of Gattman, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Gattman, Mississippi (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 40
- JAMES FREDERICK HUGGINSSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1971
- DAVID LEE MEYERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1971
- LEO JAMES ROSEStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1971
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.