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THOMAS HARRY MOLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1950 – May 22, 1970
Service recordThomas Harry Moles, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 82
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
- GARY RUEL MOWERFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1970
- DANIEL EARNEST NELMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1970
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WILLIAM BIGELOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 78
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- GARY RUEL MOWERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 82
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.