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THOMAS FREDERICK DURBIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1945 – September 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Frederick Durbin, of Escondido, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Escondido, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 101
- ARTHUR DIAZ ESQUEDAPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- GLENN WILCOX FOSTER JRLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK GARRETTLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CHARLES MITCHELL GOFFPrivate · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MORELL JOE POPEPrivate · Panel 26E, Line 106
From Escondido
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- JAMES FRANK MCELYEAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ULLMER JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM MARTINSergeant · September 26, 1967
- JOHN PAUL MARKEN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS BERRYStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- ENCARNACION ALEGRE SUAREZCorporal · January 20, 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.