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THOMAS GREGORY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1947 – July 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Gregory JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 36
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- December 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 36
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- ANTHONY KENT JOHNSONCaptain · July 8, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE JOHNSONCorporal · July 8, 1967
- SZOLTON SIGMOND KLEINPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 36
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.