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THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1944 – April 18, 1966
Service recordThomas Howard Caruthers, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 121
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS BTRY HQS BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 121
- DANNY ARNOLD BOLINLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM ENGELLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- RALPH RICHARD LIND JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 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.