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THOMAS JAMES HUCKABA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – April 10, 1969
Service recordThomas James Huckaba, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 49
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 49
- LONNIE DALE EVANSSergeant · April 10, 1969
- RANDALL LEE HAWKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HERINGPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HOFERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 48
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 48
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 52
- EUGENE CONSTANTINO ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 53
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.