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THOMAS JAY KAUFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – May 1, 1970
Service recordThomas Jay Kaufman, of Lexington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 80
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 80
- MARTIN SAM HUSKASpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- EDWARD JACKSON JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1970
- LOWELL THOMAS JARBOESpecialist Five · May 1, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY KEFER JRCorporal · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 78
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 81
- CALVIN EUGENE NOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Lexington
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- VERNON EDWARD HOLLANDLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD STRADERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- JERRY LANG ONANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HOGAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · May 21, 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.