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THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1944 – March 2, 1966
Service recordThomas Jefferson Fears, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 95
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 95
- CARLOS RANDALL HATCHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
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.