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THOMAS HAROLD FOLEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 1, 1951 – December 2, 1971
Service recordThomas Harold Foley, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 82
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1971; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 82
- JOE STUART BURCHFIELDCaptain · December 2, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL HIEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM KEENEPrivate · December 2, 1971
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · December 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL HIEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 82
- MARVIN ROSS KEETERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 82
- WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 83
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.