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THOMAS JACK LANSDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1946 – May 8, 1968
Service recordThomas Jack Lansden, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 5
- DANIEL EDWARD JURECKOSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD KEMPLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE KNAPPPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY LANDRYSergeant First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 35
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · Panel 56E, Line 35
- DAVID STEARNS EASTONSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 2
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 4
- VICTOR LEE LAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 6
- JAMES DEAN ROYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 9
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
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.