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THOMAS GLENN DETAMBLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1945 – December 11, 1966
Service recordThomas Glenn Detamble, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 32
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- PAUL RANDOLPHE BYRNEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM EARNESTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 33
- CHARLES HUGH LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.