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THOMAS GABRIEL SOTO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1939 – May 18, 1969
Service recordThomas Gabriel Soto, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 49
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 7, 1939
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 49
- JOHN CHARLES PAPECaptain · May 18, 1969
- RUDOLPH ROSSIPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- GARY JEROME J SCHEULENSergeant · May 18, 1969
- JIMMY DWAYNE SELLSMajor · May 18, 1969
From North Platte
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOURLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.