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THOMAS HENRY GENTINNE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – May 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Henry Gentinne, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 69
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 69
- RONALD LEONARD GRAYSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE GRETHSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
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.