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THOMAS GERARD DINEEN JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1943 – August 10, 1967
Service recordThomas Gerard Dineen JR, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 98
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Lansdowne, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 98
- JOHN KIRBY WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · August 9, 1967
- HARVEY EUGENE WYNNPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES BENNETTLance Corporal · August 10, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD TIGUE JRSergeant · August 10, 1967
From Lansdowne
- HOWARD PHILIP PURCELLCaptain · September 2, 1963
- JOHN J MCHUGHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN MARK CRONRATHPrivate First Class · April 24, 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.