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THOMAS JANES EKWELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1948 – November 30, 1967
Service recordThomas Janes Ekwell, of Rochester, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 11
- ARTURO DELGADO-MARINStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- DONALD WILLIS GEBHARTLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- WILLIAM RILEY GODWINPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · November 30, 1967
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.