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THOMAS GEORGE IDLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordThomas George Idle, of Bellevue, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 7
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 7
- EUGENE FRANKLINPlatoon Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD MULROY GALLERYCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JESSE EULOJIO GARCIALance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- JAMES STANTON HADLEY JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From Bellevue
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD DUMASPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- JESSIE JEROME GARRARDCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
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.