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THOMAS GORE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1932 – May 7, 1968
Service recordThomas Gore, of Silsbee, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1932
- Home of record
- Silsbee, Texas (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 24
- PATRICK MICHAEL GOBLEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- BEN JOHN GREENESergeant · May 7, 1968
- AARON HARTNESSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- PHILIP LEE CULVERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 21
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 26
- WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCHSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 27
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
From Silsbee
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HARRY WILLIAM MARTINSenior Master Sergeant · April 10, 1967
- EDDIE LYNN LANCASTERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- THEODORE ROBERT HOLLISCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JESSE STEPHEN AYRESPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MITCHEL RAY TYLERPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
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.