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THOMAS HENRY CHURCHILL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1941 – October 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Henry Churchill, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1941
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 36
- STEVE DWAYNE CARTERLance Corporal · October 4, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- WAYNE ROBERT ELKINSPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- RONALD PETER HUFFMANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.