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THOMAS GURLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1944 – July 20, 1967
Service recordThomas Gurley, of Somerville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Somerville, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 94
- RONALD RICHARD BARCALOWPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- RONALD B HAMBLINPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY THOMAS BRANHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 93
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 94
From Somerville
- JAMES ARTHUR RANDALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- FLOYD VOYLESPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
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.