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THOMAS GORDON EDGREN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1945 – August 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Gordon Edgren, of Libertyville, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 93
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Libertyville, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 93
- JOSE JAIME CASTILLOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1970
- PETER CHARLIELance Corporal · August 8, 1970
- DAVID LEROY CLIMERSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 94
- DANIEL STEVEN WALKOCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 96
- WAYNE EMERICK WALSH JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 96
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.