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THOMAS HENRY ZAREMBA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – September 24, 1970
Service recordThomas Henry Zaremba, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 88
- RICHARD NOYCE SEGLEMPrivate First Class · September 24, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID BOTHWELLCorporal · September 25, 1970
- ALFRED LEE BRADLEYSergeant · September 25, 1970
- BERTRAM WOOD JRAirman First Class · September 25, 1970
From Nanticoke
- WALTER MARK NOVAKSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.