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THOMAS GLENN CARAWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1946 – November 28, 1967
Service recordThomas Glenn Caraway, of Farmersville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 100
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmersville, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 100
- SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULTMaster Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE WOODENCorporal · November 27, 1967
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 100
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 102
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 102
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 102
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 1
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 1
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · Panel 31E, Line 2
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.