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THOMAS HAROLD C BRIGGS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordThomas Harold C Briggs, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 21
- THOMAS JOHN BLAHAPrivate · February 8, 1968
- AMOS HAYES BOUTWELLPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT BOWMANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- JOSEPH B BOWMANSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 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.