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THOMAS GUY CURTIS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1941 – January 24, 1968
Service recordThomas Guy Curtis JR, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 20
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · January 24, 1968
- THEODORE ALPHONSE FAULKPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.