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THOMAS J FALLON JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 22, 1930 – June 6, 1966
Service recordThomas J Fallon JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- December 22, 1930
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 14
- MAXIMO PAULITE FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · June 6, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.