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THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordThomas James Tomczak, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 46
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Morse Interceptor (05H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 46
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · Panel 51W, Line 38
From New Berlin
- JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHNLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ALEC HENRY HORNPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
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.