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THOMAS JAMES KORDOSKY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – January 25, 1970
Service recordThomas James Kordosky, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 65
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 65
- OSCAR CRUZ GONZALESCorporal · January 25, 1970
- RONALD DAVID HECKSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- BARRY VORRATH HOPPERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ROBERT LAMAR JOHNSONSergeant · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN ROY EVERETTSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 64
- HAROLD VAN MANN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 66
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.