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THOMAS HAROLD TAFT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 8, 1950 – April 24, 1971
Service recordThomas Harold Taft, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 10
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 10
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- BRUCE DONALD STEPHENSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- HILBERT WALTER TEETERSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 6
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 7
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 9
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 9
- CHRISTOPHER LEE VOLLMARSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.