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THOMAS JAMES CHIMINELLO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1942 – October 29, 1967
Service recordThomas James Chiminello, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 95
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- November 16, 1942
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 95
- LOUIS BROWARD ARNOLDSergeant · October 29, 1967
- MANVILLE LAWRENCE BARBSecond Lieutenant · October 29, 1967
- WALTER LEVON CLARKSergeant · October 29, 1967
- HERBERT C DONALDSON JRSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT C DONALDSON JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 95
- FORREST DEVERE RAINS JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28E, Line 98
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.