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THOMAS HUBERT MESSER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1949 – August 28, 1970
Service recordThomas Hubert Messer, of Springfield, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 19
- ERIC PAUL MISTRETTASpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- JAY ALLAN MUNCEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- SAMUAL KAYE RANKINSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · August 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 18
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 18
- ERIC PAUL MISTRETTASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 19
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 20
From Springfield
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1966
- RANDALL EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 23, 1968
- GERALD LEWIS CATONWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1969
- HIRAM MICHAEL WOLFE IVCaptain · December 4, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- JERRY WAINE STEWARDPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- THOMAS GEORGE BLAIR JRCaptain · May 29, 1971
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.