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THOMAS HOWARD MCSTOOTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1949 – June 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Howard McStoots, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 34
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 34
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · June 12, 1969
- CARL GILBERT MOTESSergeant First Class · June 12, 1969
- DENNIS BRIAN MURRAYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.