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THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – March 7, 1970
Service recordThomas James Whitlow JR, of Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 95
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPetty Officer First Class · March 8, 1970
- THOMAS LOUIS BUDDIFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- MACK C BUSTLE JRSpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 91
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 91
- JAMES LARRY DOWNSPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 91
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
From Palos Verdes Peninsula
- LAWRENCE ALFRED DIETZ IIPrivate First Class · July 27, 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.