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THOMAS HAROLD NERINI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Harold Nerini, of Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 12
- BILLY JOE MCCARTYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK MCGUIRELance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARALance Corporal · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 4
- JOHN PAUL EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 6
- THOMAS HILL GOODMAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 65W, Line 8
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 9
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- OLLIE LESLIE SAULS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 1
- RONALD RAY WALLACESergeant · Panel 64W, Line 3
- SYLVAIN LARRY WHITEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 64W, Line 4
From Lafayette
- ROBERT LEE MANNCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JAMES DARRYL BASHAMPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHELLieutenant · September 22, 1966
- ROBERT JOE HARDESTYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- DAVID LEROY HOWARDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- RANDELL HOOD LOYSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- STEVEN RANDALL BROOKSLance Corporal · September 13, 1968
- DOYLE EUGENE SALLEECorporal · November 12, 1968
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 1969
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.