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THOMAS JAMES MENDENHALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – August 13, 1969
Service recordThomas James Mendenhall, of Riverside, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 32
- LESTER ALAN HANSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 13, 1969
- GARY EDWARD MARXMILLERStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWSSergeant · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD MILLANLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES HOLLOWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 31
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 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.