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THOMAS HOWARD SULLIVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – November 14, 1969
Service recordThomas Howard Sullivan, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 76
- JAMES C RUMMERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- DENNIS LEE STEVENSCorporal · November 14, 1969
- EDWARD EARL STUMPStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID LEE TEICHSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RANDAL DASEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 73
- JOHN ALLAN HOWEStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 74
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.